Experience of the Indian Ocean tsunami on the Sri Lankan coast

dc.contributor.author	Hettiarachchi, SSL
dc.contributor.author	Samarawickrama, SP
dc.date.accessioned	2013-12-30T14:07:26Z
dc.date.available	2013-12-30T14:07:26Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/9667
dc.description.abstract	The Indian Ocean Tsunami de 'r-stated the- coastline of Sri Lanka. This paper sumrnarises the initial efforts in understanding the tsunami wave and its hydraulic impact on the Sri Lankan coastline. It focuses attention on the hydraulic processes which led to large scale inundation, analysis of wave- current measurements recorded offshore of Colombo Harbour and describes post tsunami field investigations to assess the overall impact on the coastline. The paper identifies the need for modeling of potential tsunamis and discusses briefly issues relating to the planning of countermeasures.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	Experience of the Indian Ocean tsunami on the Sri Lankan coast	en_US
dc.type		en_US
dc.identifier.year	2005	en_US
dc.identifier.conference	ERU - Research for industry	en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos	12-Mar	en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding	Proceedings of the 11th annual symposium 2005	en_US