Title of article :
A Decade after the Tsunami: Preliminary Exploration Deposit Layer of Sediment at Coast Area of Kedah, Malaysia
Author/Authors :
shafiai, siti habibah universiti teknologi petronas - faculty of engineering - civil environmental engineering department, Malaysia , japper, azuraien universiti teknologi petronas - faculty of engineering - mechanical department, Malaysia , min, teh hee universiti teknologi petronas - faculty of engineering - civil environmental engineering department, Malaysia , mohamed rashid, ahmad hadi coastal and oceanography research centre - national hydraulic research institute of malaysia, Malaysia
Abstract :
Study on tsunami deposits is done after a decade of the incident happened at Kedah, Malaysia. This article discusses the characteristics, measurement and thickness of tsunami deposits. It also provides the latest remaining evidences of the tsunami incident including imbrication pattern of cobbles, types of coastal protection and plants at the affected area. Run-up heights and inundation distance were taken into account for field exploration and investigation. This study may provide opportunities to understand how remaining evidences of tsunami could be tracked and recorded.
Keywords :
Tsunami , paleo , tsunami , sediment deposit , coastal plants
