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Impact of the 2004 tsunami on the geology of Car Nicobar Island – A paper in Current Science

This paper in Current Science deals with the impact of the 2004 tsunami on the geology of Car Nicobar Island. The historic tsunami of 2004 in the northern Indian Ocean severely affected the eastern coastal areas of peninsular India and Andaman-Nicobar Islands. The Andaman-Nicobar Islands experienced intense damage to the coastline, at places reaching several hundred metres deep into the island.

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Nicobar, , India
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Content Type: Research
Category: Boulders, Coastal Areas, Coastal Waters, Coastline, Earthquake, Geology, Island, Lithology, Ocean, Rock Formation, Rock Unit, Sandstone, Sea, Strata, Stratigraphy, Subsidence, Tsunami, Uplift
Author: V Sharma, Shilpa Bajpai, Centre of Advanced Study for Geology (University of Delhi)
Source: Current Science
Location / Time: Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Car Nicobar, India, Indian Ocean, Sawai Bay, 2011
Difficulty Level: Expert

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