tsunami , series of catastrophic ocean waves generated by submarine movements, which may be caused byearthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides beneath the ocean, or an asteroid striking the earth. Tsunamis are also called seismic sea waves or, popularly, tidal waves. In the open ocean, tsunamis ...
The large destruction of industrial facilities, processing factories and urban areas by the 2011 tsunami along the northeast coast of Tohoku Region (Japan) resulted in extensive contamination in most of the flooded areas and coastal waters; an enormous a
This qualitative study strives to provide a greater understanding of the past, current, and future state of education in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami. The researchers' key objectives are to provide additional insight to educators of the far-reaching impact of the tsunami via a website they...
Tsunami victims suffer psychological problems in the days and weeks after the destruction. This could even continue for years—often their entire lifetime. A study by the World Health Organisation on survivors of the tsunami in Sri Lanka on December 24, 2004, found that three to four weeks aft...
and in some cases, the tsunami's height reaches tens of meters near the coast before it runs up inland, causing a major impact on the coastal environment (Laksono2023; Laksono et al.2021; Siagian et al.2014; Suppasri et al.2018). When specific external forces disturb oceanic or lacustrine...
(横扫,全胜) off the coast of Indonesia 在印尼海岸线附近 In Sri Lanka, some 1,600 kilometers west of the quake centre, the number of deaths stood at 2,498, and one million more affected by the tsunami. 在斯里兰卡,震中以西约1600公里处,死亡数高达2498, 另有100多万人受到海啸的影响。
In Sri Lanka, some 1,600 kilometres west of the quake centre, the number of deaths stood at 2,498, and one million more were affected by the tsunami, government officials said. Indian officials said as many as 1,900 had been killed along the southern coast. Another 254 were found dead...
? 2023 Elsevier Ltd and INQUAThe 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused 230,000 fatalities and massive physical damage along the shorelines of the Indian Ocean. Holocene sedimentary archives along the coastline of Sri Lanka can provide evidence for similar past events. The objective of our current study...
Tanioka and Yamanaka Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (2023) 10:61 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00593-9 Progress in Earth and Planetary Science REVIEW Open Access Recent progress in research on source processes of great earthquakes using tsunami data Yuichiro Tanioka...