The reduction effects of mangrove forest on a tsunami based on field surveys at Pakarang Cape, Thailand and numerical analysis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Yanagisawa, Hideaki ^a   Koshimura, Shunichi ^a   Goto, Kazuhisa ^a   Miyagi, Toyohiko ^b   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a   Ruangrassamee, Anat ^c   Tanavud, Charlchai ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

damage; mangroves; mitigation; numerical model; Thailand; tsunamis

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANGROVE; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORM DAMAGE; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 57649195456     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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