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First oceanographic expedition to survey the impact of the Sumatra earthquake and the tsunami of 26 December 2004

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Title First oceanographic expedition to survey the impact of the Sumatra earthquake and the tsunami of 26 December 2004
 
Creator Murthy, K.S.R.
 
Description The preliminary observations of the First Post-Tsunami Oceanographic Expedition in Andaman Nicobar region are presented in this paper. Thirty one scientists from National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, India; NIO, Regional Centre, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Vasco, Goa, India; National Physical and Oceanography Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, Kerala have participated in a 37 day cruise onboard the Ocean Research Vessel Sagar Kanya from 16th January to 21st February 2005, within few weeks of the Great Sumatra earthquake and Tsunami event that has caused extensive damage both to the physiography and probably to the environment of the Andaman and Nicobar region. Multi-parameter oceanographic data including underway geophysical (bathymetry, gravity, swath-bathymetry, sub-bottom profiling), Physical parameters (CTD, XBT, Thermosalinograph, ADCP, etc), Chemical (Dissolved Oxygen, Nutrients, pH, etc), Biological (Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, etc) Geological (grab, spade and gravity cores) were collected in this cruise. Detailed analysis of the collected might reveal information on the post - tsunami impact in this region.
 
Date 2006-07-17T11:40:12Z
2006-07-17T11:40:12Z
2005
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Current Science, vol.88(7),1038-1039pp.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/223
 
Language en
 
Format 77824 bytes
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Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences