Geomorphological and sedimentological changes during and after the december-2004 Indian ocean Tsunami near the vellar River and the M.G.R. Island area of the central Tamil Nadu coast, India

Science of Tsunami Hazards

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-74

  Singarasubramanian, S R ^a   Mukesh, M V ^a   Manoharan, K ^a   Seralathan, P ^b   Sujatha, K ^a   Bakkiaraj, D ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami; Breaching; Sedimentation; Trampled and load structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349750098     PISSN: 87556839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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