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Fig. 6.12
Depth of sand layer deposited by the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
a At Lampuuk on the coast directly west of Banda Aceh, northern
Sumatra. The 0.7 m thickness of the layer is the greatest recorded for
an earthquake-generate tsunami. Source U.S. Geological Survey.
b At Katukurunda on the east coast of Sri Lanka with the greatest
exposure to waves. The sand deposit is 37 cm thick. Source U.S.
Geological
Survey.
Fig. 6.13
Radiocarbon and
optical luminescence dates
obtained from tsunami deposits
found around the northeast Indian
Ocean. Source Jackson (
2008
),
Mörner and Dawson (
2011
), and
Klostermann et al. (
2014
)
8000
7000
~6250 yr
6000
5000
~4100 yr
4000
3000
2000
~1200 yr
1000
~600 yr
~240 yr
0
India
Sri Lanka
Thailand/
Malaysia
Indonesia
Maldives
Country
grandson of the king, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Thailand,
as a result, became the first country in the Indian Ocean to
establish afterwards its own tsunami warning system.
Forensic identification had to be carried out on 3,750 bod-
ies—the largest number outside wartime. Tourists enjoying
a late breakfast captured the most dramatic images on video
as the wave crashed into beachside dining rooms, through
hotel lobbies, and finally over second floor balconies.
Remarkably, a ten-year old schoolgirl, Tilly Smith, from the
UK, remembered a geography lesson taught to her two
