Field survey of tsunami effects in Sri Lanka due to the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of December 26, 2004

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 395-411

  Inoue, Shusaku ^a   Wijeyewickrema, Anil C ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Miura, Hiroyuki ^a   Gunaratna, Priyantha ^c   Madurapperuma, Manoj ^a,c   Sekiguchi, Toru ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Damage; Field survey; Inundation; Sri Lanka; Sumatra Andaman earthquake; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FIELD SURVEY; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDONESIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; THAILAND;

EID: 34147100723     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0161-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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