GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR PALEO-TSUNAMIS IN SRI LANKA

After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami inundation event, thin sediment films of fining up sequences were located in several topographic depressions of the southern coastal belt of Sri Lanka. The films consisting of silty fine sand with particular microfossil assemblages were located also in closed cont...

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Main Authors: Nayomi Kulasena, Kapila Dahanayake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tsunami Society International 2008-01-01
Series:Science of Tsunami Hazards
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Online Access:http://tsunamisociety.org/272Dahanayake.pdf