Tsunamis and Earthquakes

The 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Initial Findings from Sumatra

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Introduction

Tsunami Sand Deposits

International Tsunami Survey Team, Sumatra

Led by Dr. Yoshinobu Tsuji of the University of Tokyo’s Earthquake Research Institute, the survey team consisted of nine scientists from Japan, six from Indonesia, two from France, and two from the United States. The U.S. scientists were Andy Moore of Kent State University and Dr. Guy Gelfenbaum of the U.S. Geological Survey. Names of all the team members are listed by country in the table at the bottom of this page; most of the team members are pictured in the photograph below:

Sumatra International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST): standing, left to right: Budi Waluyo, Takanobu Kamataki, Yuichi Nishimura (leaning over, with cap in hand), Sindhu Nugroho, Rahmat Triyono (wearing red cap), Raphael Paris, Yudhicara, Franck Lavigne, Inyoman Sukanta, Yuichiro Tanioka, team leader Yoshinobu Tsuji, Hideo Matsutomi, and Guy Gelfenbaum. Kneeling in front, left to right: Tsutomu Sakakiyama, Yoshikane Murakami, and Andrew Moore. Alphonso was part of the team in Sumatra but is not pictured. Members of the team who contributed from Japan are Masafumi Matsuyama and Yuichi Namegaya.
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**Members of the International Tsunami Team, Sumatra, January 20-29, 2005**
Japan: Yoshinobu Tsuji Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo Hideo Matsutomi Akita University Yuichi Nishimura Hokkaido University Yuichiro Tanioka Hokkaido University Takanobu Kamataki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tsutomu Sakakiyama Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry Yoshikane Murakami Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. Masafumi Matsuyama Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry Yuichi Namegaya Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo	USA: Andrew Moore Kent State University Guy Gelfenbaum USGS	Indonesia: Sindhu Nugroho Meteorological and Geophysical Agency Budi Waluyo Meteorological and Geophysical Agency Inyoman Sukanta Meteorological and Geophysical Agency Rahmat Triyono Meteorological and Geophysical Agency Yudhicara Indonesian Institute of Science Alphonso Meteorological and Geophysical Agency
	France: Raphael Paris Clermont-Ferrand Franck Lavigne University of Paris

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