A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia

A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia

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,...

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Main Authors: Siti Habibah Shafiai, Azuraien Japper @ Jaafar, Teh, Hee Min, Ahmad Hadi Mohamed Rashid
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
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spelling ukm-102102017-03-15T07:39:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10210/ A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia Siti Habibah Shafiai, Azuraien Japper @ Jaafar, Teh, Hee Min Ahmad Hadi Mohamed Rashid, 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. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10210/1/1.pdf Siti Habibah Shafiai, and Azuraien Japper @ Jaafar, and Teh, Hee Min and Ahmad Hadi Mohamed Rashid, (2016) A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 28 . pp. 1-8. ISSN 0128-0198 http://www.ukm.my/jkukm/?page_id=2011
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description 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.
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author Siti Habibah Shafiai,
Azuraien Japper @ Jaafar,
Teh, Hee Min
Ahmad Hadi Mohamed Rashid,
spellingShingle Siti Habibah Shafiai,
Azuraien Japper @ Jaafar,
Teh, Hee Min
Ahmad Hadi Mohamed Rashid,
A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia
author_facet Siti Habibah Shafiai,
Azuraien Japper @ Jaafar,
Teh, Hee Min
Ahmad Hadi Mohamed Rashid,
author_sort Siti Habibah Shafiai,
title A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia
title_short A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia
title_full A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia
title_fullStr A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of Kedah, Malaysia
title_sort decade after the tsunami: preliminary exploration deposit layer of sediment at coast area of kedah, malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10210/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10210/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10210/1/1.pdf
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