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Project Overview

This project was initiated and is led by Seshachalam Srinivasalu of Anna University, Chennai, to examine the devastating December 31st 2011, Cyclone Thane sedimentary deposits along the southern coastline of Tamil Nadu Province in India. 

This location was also heavily affected by the 26th December 2004, Indian Ocean Tsunami. We are collaborating with Anna University to characterise and compare the sedimentological and geomorphical changes wrought by these two events along this coastline.

High-resolution Ground-Penetrating Radar was also applied to characterise the sedimentary characteristics and structures formed by these two events.

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Publications

Bedding structures in Indian tsunami deposits that provide clues to the dynamics of tsunami inundation

Adam Switzer, Seshachalam Srinivasalu, Thangadurai Natarajan, & V Ram Mohan
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The Team

Adam SWITZER

Adam SWITZER

Principal Investigator

Collaborators

Prof. Seshachalam Srinivasalu (Anna University, Chennai, India)

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