Journal
NATURAL HAZARDS
Volume 62, Issue 3, Pages 1155-1168Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0141-5
Keywords
Tsunami deposits; Modelling; Benthic foraminifera; Indian Ocean; Sedimentology; Chennai; India
Funding
- CSIR, Government of India [23(001)/06/EMR-II]
- INCOIS, Government of India [INCOIS/283/2007]
- SNI-CONACyT
- IPN (EDI, COFAA), Mexico
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Offshore sediment characteristics of the 2004 tsunami were identified from a shallow core collected from the Chennai Coast, India. The depositional sequence clearly distinguishes four different processes: mixed facies (post-tsunami): 0-8 cm; tsunami return flow facies (TRFF): 8-20 cm; tsunami landward flow facies: 20-44 cm; and pre-tsunami facies: 44-64 cm, which all took place during and after the tsunami event. The coarse-grained nature and higher carbonate in the TRFF indicate that considerable sediment load was transported from the beach/land area to the offshore region during the return flow of tsunami waves. The relatively greater abundance of benthic foraminiferal species in the core sample suggests that the taxa were transported from deeper regions of the inner shelf regions of Bay of Bengal region. The depositional characteristics in this region can be utilized for future comparative studies from this region as well as in other offshore regions affected by tsunamis with sequence-based studies on local topography.
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