Publication Date:
2005-06-11
Description:
In response to the 26 December 2004 tsunami, a survey team of scientists was dispatched to Sri Lanka. Measurements made by the team show that the tsunami elevation and runup ranged from 5 to 12 meters. Eyewitnesses report that up to three separate waves attacked the coast, with the second or third generally the largest. Our conclusion stresses the importance of education: Residents with a basic knowledge of tsunamis, as well as an understanding of how environmental modifications will affect overland flow, are paramount to saving lives and minimizing tsunami destruction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, Philip L-F -- Lynett, Patrick -- Fernando, Harindra -- Jaffe, Bruce E -- Fritz, Hermann -- Higman, Bretwood -- Morton, Robert -- Goff, James -- Synolakis, Costas -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Jun 10;308(5728):1595.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15947179" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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