On the weak impact of the 26 December Indian Ocean tsunami on the Bangladesh coast

The 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami damaged severely most of the Gulf of Bengal's coastal areas, but the coast of Bangladesh which stands at the edge of an extraordinarily extended continental shelf. This latter feature has been built through huge discharges of river sediments along t...

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Main Authors: M. Ioualalen, E. Pelinovsky, J. Asavanant, R. Lipikorn, A. Deschamps
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-01-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/7/141/2007/nhess-7-141-2007.pdf