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The December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Initial Findings on Tsunami Sand Deposits, Damage, and Inundation in Sri Lanka
 

Table of Contents

Introduction
Survey Team
Importance of Survey
Survey and Methods
Inundation/Run-up
Tsunami Heights
Damage to Structures
Tsunami Sand Deposits
Recovery and Planning
Photos
Acknowledgments
Links
Contacts
 

Links

The 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Initial Findings from Sumatra
Based on Survey Conducted January 20-29, 2005

Tsunami Generation from the 2004 M=9.0 Sumatra Earthquake

Sumatra Tsunami Study, March 30 - April 26, 2005

Compilation of the 26 December 2004 Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami by NOAA

Photographs of Sri Lanka (non-technical)
Bretwood Higman, University of Washington

"On the trail of destruction": Nature v.433, pages 350-353 (2005)

More information on the 26 December 2004 tsunami from Nature magazine

Field Study of Tsunami Deposits formed during the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami

Field Study of Tsunami Deposits formed during the 2001 Peru Tsunami

USGS Fact Sheet FS150-00
"Helping Coastal Communities at Risk from Tsunamis—The Role of U.S. Geological Survey Research"

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