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An analysis of the events of 26 December 2004 to plan for the future

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Title An analysis of the events of 26 December 2004 to plan for the future
 
Creator Shetye, S.R.
 
Subject Tsunami
Survey of India
 
Description An analysis of the data collected on 26 December, 2004, should help us understand the series of events that followed the great earthquake that occurred on that day. One of the most important amongst these data is the sea level variation. The tsunami triggered by the Sumatra earthquake left a distinct footprint in the records of tide gauges maintained by the Survey of India, Dehra Dun, in some of the Indian ports. These records provided critically important information to estimate the length of the tsunami source region. The length has now been estimated to be approx. 900 km, a figure at least 30% larger than that arrived at earlier without full use of the Indian tide gauge data. Exercises such a these should help us to develop an effective warning system in the future
 
Date 2006-11-15T06:01:52Z
2006-11-15T06:01:52Z
2006
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier IN "The great Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004: An overview of a national disaster, 38-51p."
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/493
 
Language en
 
Format 188957 bytes
application/pdf
 
Publisher National Institute of Advanced Studies