Impacts of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami on the southwest coasts of Sri Lanka
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Abstract
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused major landscape changes along the southwest coasts of Sri Lanka that were controlled by the flow, natural topography and bathymetry, and anthropogenic modifications of the terrain. Landscape changes included substantial beach erosion and scouring of return-flow channels near the beach, and deposition of sand sheets across the narrow coastal plain. In many areas tsunami deposits also included abundant building rubble due to the extensive destruction of homes and businesses in areas of dense development. Trim lines and flow directions confirmed that shoreline orientation and wave refraction from embayments and rock-anchored headlands locally focused the flow and amplified the inundation. Tsunami deposits were 1 to 36 cm thick but most were less than 25 cm thick. Deposit thickness depended partly on antecedent topography. The deposits were composed of coarse to medium sand organized into a few sets of plane parallel laminae that exhibited overall upward fining and landward thinning trends.
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| Publication type | Conference Paper |
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| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Impacts of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami on the southwest coasts of Sri Lanka |
| ISBN | 0784409269; 9780784409268 |
| DOI | 10.1061/40926(239)82 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Contributing office(s) | Coastal and Marine Geology Program |
| Description | 14 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Coastal Sediments '07 - Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes |
| First page | 1061 |
| Last page | 1074 |
| Conference Title | 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes |
| Conference Location | New Orleans, LA |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
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