The Indian Ocean Tsunami

by Tad S. Murty (Editor), U. Aswathanarayana (Editor), Niru Nirupama (Editor)

Overview

The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 is considered to have been one of the worst natural disasters in history, affecting twelve countries, from Indonesia to Somalia. 175,000 people are believed to have lost their lives, almost 50,000 were registered as missing and 1.7 million people were displaced. As well as this horrendous toll on human life

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ISBN-13:	9781134140312
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/14/2006
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About the Author

Tad Murty is an world-wide acknowledged expert on tusnamis. He is an Adjunct Professor with the University of Ottawa, Canada. His expertise on tsunamis, hurricanes and storm surges are well known to the scientific world.Prof. Murty is the former president of the Tsunami Society. U. Aswathanarayana, has over 50 years of research and teaching experience in many countries of the world and is specialized in Nuclear Geology, Geochemistry, Economic Geology and Natural Resources Management. He is currently the Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad, India, which is a part of the UNESCO - TWAS Network of Scientific Organizations. Prof. Aswathanarayana was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Geophysical Education Award (2005) of the American Geophysical Union for his meritorious contributions to the paradigm shift in geoscience instruction. Niru Nirupama is an Assistant Professor with the Emergency Management Certificate Program in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies of York University, Canada. Her research interests include Hazards & Risk Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Disaster Management.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Section 1: Geostructural Environment of Tsunami Genesis A Historical Account of the Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean B.K. Rastogi Chapter 2: Impact of Coastal Morphology, Structure and Seismicity on the Tsunami Surge K.S.R.Murthy, V.Subrahmanyam, G.P.S.Murty and K.Mohana Rao Chapter 3: Tsunamigenic Sources in the Indian Ocean : Factors and Impact on the Indian Landmass R.K. Chadha Chapter 4: Palaeo-Tsunami and Storm Surge Deposits K. Arun Kumar, Hema Achyuthan, and Navin Shankar Chapter 5: Overview, and Integration U.Aswathanarayana (Editor) Section 2: Modeling of Tsunami Generation and Propagation Chapter 6: A Review of Classical Concepts on Phase and Amplitude Dispersion: Application to Tsunamis N. Nirupama, T.S. Murty, I. Nistor, and A.D. Rao Chapter 7: A Possible Explanation for the Initial Withdrawal of the Ocean during the Tsunami N.Nirupama, T.S. Murty, A.D. Rao & I.Nistor Chapter 8: The Energetics of the Tsunami of 26 December 2004 in the Indian Ocean: A Brief Review N.Nirupama, T.S.Murty, I. Nistor & A.D.Rao Chapter 9: Possible Amplification of the Tsunami through Coupling with Internal Waves N.Nirupama, T.S.Murty, I. Nistor & A.D.Rao Chapter 10: Numerical Modeling of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Zygmunt Kowalik, William Knight, Tom Logan, Paul Whitmore Chapter 11: Modelling Techniques for Understanding the Indian Ocean Tsunami Propagation V.P.Dimri and Kirti Srivastava Chapter 12: Validation of Tsunami Beach Run-up Height Predictive Model Based on the Work-Energy Theorem G. Muraleedharan, A.D. Rao, T.S. Murty and Mourani Sinha Chapter 13: Normal Modes and Tsunami Coastal Effects N. Nirupama, T.S.Murty, A.D. Rao and I. Nistor Chapter 14: Helmholtz Mode and K-S-P Waves: Application to Tsunami N. Nirupama, T.S.Murty, I. Nistor and A.D. Rao Chapter 15: Numerical Models for the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004: A Brief Review P. Chittibabu and T.S. Murty Chapter 16: The Cauchy-Poisson Problem: Application to Tsunami Generation and Propagation N. Nirupama, T.S.Murty, I. Nistor and A.D. Rao Chapter 17: A Review and Listing of Tsunami Heights and Travel Times for the 26 December 2004 Event I. Nistor, K. Xie, N. Nirupama and T.S. Murty Chapter 18: Overview and Integration N. Nirupama (Editor) Section 3: Tsunami Detection and Monitoring Systems Chapter 19: Satellite Detection of Pre-Earthquake Thermal Anomaly and Sea Water Turbidity Arun K. Saraf, Swapnamita Choudhury, Sudipta Dasgupta and J. Das Chapter 20: Possible Detection in the Ionosphere of the Signals from Earthquakes and Tsunamis T.S. Murty, N. Nirupama, A.D. Rao and I. Nistor Chapter 21: Seismic Precursors in the Ionosphere Registered by DEMETER Satellite A.K. Gwal, S.Sarkar,S. Bhattacharya and M. Parrot Chapter 22: Web-Enabled and Real Time - Reporting, Cellular-Based Instrumentation for Coastal Sealevel and Surge Monitoring Anthony Joseph and R.G. Prabhudesai Chapter 23: Methodologies of Tsunami Detection T.S. Murty, N. Nirupama, A.D. Rao and I. Nistor Chapter 24: Tsunami Travel Time Atlas for the Indian Ocean P.K. Bhaskaran, S.K. Dube, T.S. Murty, A. Gangopadhyay, A. Chaudhuri, A.D. Rao, and N. Nirupama Chapter 25: Overview and Integration N. Nirupama (Editor) Section 4: Biophysical and Socio-economic Dimensions of Tsunami Damage Chapter 26: Performance of Structures Affected by the 2004 Sumatra Tsunami in Thailand and Indonesia Murat Saatcioglu, Ahmed Ghobarah, and I. Nistor Chapter 27: Field Observations on the Tsunami Impact on the Kerala Coast, South West India N.P. Kurian, T.N.Prakash, and M.Baba Chapter 28: Ecological Impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami C.S.P.Iyer Chapter 29: Tsunami Damage to the Southeastern Coast of India N. Chandrasekar and R. Ramesh Chapter 30: Hydrophysical Manifestations of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Y.Sadhuram, T.V.Ramana Murthy and B.P.Rao Chapter 31: Tsunami and Marine Life D.V. Subba Rao, Baban Ingole, Danling Tang, B. Satyanarayana, Hui Zhao Chapter 32: Remote Sensing of tsunami impact on the coastal habitats of India P. N. Sridhar, A. Surendran, Sarika Jain and B. Veera Nanayan Chapter 33: Overview and Integration U. Aswathanarayana (Editor) Section 5: Quo Vadis Chapter 34: Protective Measures Against Natural Hazards V. Sundar Chapter 35: Protective Role of Coastal Ecosystems: Implications for Hazard Preparedness A. Mascarenhas and S. Jayakumar Chapter 36: Integrated Preparedness Systems U. Aswathanarayana Chapter 37: Social and Political Aspects of Tsunami Response, Recovery and Preparedness Planning: A Transdisciplinary Approach Carol Amaratunga and H.S. Fowler Chapter 38: An Ideal Conceptual Tsunami Warning System for the Indian Ocean T.S. Murty, A.D. Rao, N. Nirupama, and I. Nistor Chapter 39: Overview and Integration N. Nirupama (Editor) The Indian Ocean Tsunami by Tad S. Murty & U. Aswathanarayana 1. Geostructural environment of Tsunami Genesis 1.1 History of earthquakes and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. 1.2 The seismotectonics of the Bengal Fan region. 1.3 Tsunami-genic sources in the Indian Ocean : factors and impact on the Indian landmass. 1.4 Historical Earthquakes and Tsunami in the Indian Ocean region 1.5 Overview, and Integration 2. Modeling of Tsunami Generation and Propagation 2.1 Tsunami generation, propagation and coastal inundation 2.2 A critical evaluation of the dispersion characteristics with reference to travel times, maximum amplitudes, and inundation 2.3 Numerical modelling of tsunami generation and propagation. 2.4 Numerical modeling of the tsunami of 26 Dec. 2004 in the Indian Ocean. 2.5 Tsunami wave propagation modeling with special reference to the Indian Ocean 2.6.Numerical modeling of the tsunami of 26th December 2004 2.7.Numerical modeling of the Indian ocean tsunami 2.8. Overview, and Integration 3. Tsunami Detection and Monitoring Systems 3.1 Satellite detection of pre-earthquake thermal anomaly and sea water turbidity 3.2 Possible detection of the tsunami signal in the ionosphere. 3.3 Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning System 3.4 Atlantic Ocean tsunami warning system. 3.5 Tsunami Warning Systems 3.6 Web enabled instrumentation for coastal sea level and surge monitoring. 3.7 Overview, and Integration with other aspects 4. Biophysical and Socio-economic Dimensions of Tsunami Damage 4.1 Tsunami Damage in Indonesia 4.2 Tsunami Damage in Thailand 4.3 Health impacts of tsunami, with emphasis on Sri Lanka. 4.4 Social aspects of tsunami with reference to India 4.5 Engineering aspects of tsunami damage 4.6 Evaluation of the tsunami survey on the Kerala coast 4.7 Social impacts of the tsunami with reference to India. 4.8 Tsunami coastal survey in India 4.9 Post tsunami survey for Kanyakumari and Kerala. 4.10 Field data, runup, wave heights 4.11 Ecological impact of tsunami on the coastal waters of southwest India. 4.12 Damages due to tsunami in southeastern coast of India. 4.13 Impact of Sumatra tsunami on the coastal environment of India. 4.14 Ecological effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami.of Dec. 26, 2004 4.15.Impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami on the Sri Lankan coastline. 4.16 Tsunami impact on coastal habitats 4.17 Overview, and Integration 5. Quo Vadis 5.1 Socio-economic dimensions of tsunami preparedness and mitigation. 5.2 5.2 Integrated Preparedness Systems 5.3 Public education and increasing awareness. 5.4 Tsunami Prediction Methodologies 5.5 An ideal Indian Ocean state-of-art tsunami warning system 5.6 Overview, and Integration