The December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Initial Findings on Tsunami Sand Deposits, Damage, and Inundation in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka International Tsunami Survey Team
The Sri Lanka International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST) included 16 researchers from the United States:
- Geological Survey (USGS)
- Cornell University (Cornell)
- Geological Survey & Mines Bureau of Sri Lanka (GSMBSL)
- GeoEnvironmental Consultants of New Zealand (GeoEnv)
- University of Washington (UW)
- Texas A&M University (TAMU)
- University of Southern California (USC)
- University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka)
- Upali Group of Companies of Sri Lanka
- Arizona State University (ASU)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
- Silicon Technology of Sri Lanka
To cover as much territory as possible, the Sri Lanka ITST divided up into an East Team and a South Team. The ITST collected data at more than 30 sites in Sri Lanka.
East Team
Members of the East Team of the Sri Lanka ITST (from left to right): Patrick Lynett, Texas A & M University; Bretwood Higman, University of Washington; Upali, Driver; Quirin Schiermeier, reporter from Nature; Starin Fernando, Geological Survey & Mines Bureau of Sri Lanka; Tom Paulson, reporter from Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Bruce Jaffe, USGS; K. Sri Indrakanthan, University of Peradeniya; Philip Liu, Cornell University (TEAM LEADER)
Members of the Sri Lanka ITST East Team
| USA | Bretwood Higman , University of Washington Bruce Jaffe, USGS Philip Liu, Cornell University (TEAM LEADER) Patrick Lynett, Texas A & M University Tom Paulson, reporter from Seattle Post-Intelligencer Quirin Schiermeier, reporter from Nature |
| Sri Lanka |
Starin Fernando, Geological Survey & Mines Bureau K. Sri Indrakanthan, University of Peradeniya |
Members of the Sri Lanka ITST South Team
| USA | Harindra (Joe) Fernando, Arizona State University (TEAM LEADER) Hermann Fritz, George Institute of Technology William Hermann, The Arizona Republic Robert Morton, USGS Costas Synolakis, University of Southern California Jeff Topping, Topping Photography |
| New Zealand |
James Goff, GeoEnvironmental Consultants |
| Sri Lanka |
P. G. R. Dharmaratne, Geological Survey & Mines Bureau Rohan Fernando, Upali Group of Companies H. A. Hemachandra Jayasena, University of Peradeniya S. Gehard Mendis, Silicon Technology Sriwardana, Geological Survey & Mines Bureau Jeffrey DeLile, University of Peradeniya |
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