| Author | Wanna Phyo |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.GE-05-09 |
| Subject(s) | Tsunamis--Thailand--Andaman Coast
Earthquakes--Thailand--Andaman Coast
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. GE-05-09 |
| Abstract | The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of December 26, 2004, was an event of
stunning proportion. The sudden rupture of a huge fault beneath the Indian Ocean
unleashed the devastating Tsunami resulting from the longest fault rupture ever observed
and the longest duration of faulting. This event is perhaps the most destructive tsunami
ever recorded, in terms of loss of lives, waves propagated throughout the Indian Ocean and
reached to the shore of several countries including Thailand. Geologists' society around
the world sees this event as a biggest failure of the man kind. Nobody has ever documented
what had happened in the past of the Indian Ocean. The incident has also opened a great
opportunity to learn about such mega-events to predict or to take preventive measures for
the future generation. Among several countries of South-east Asia, Thailand was severely
hit by the tsunami causing a high death toll. As tsunami inundates the coastal areas, it
leaves the trace of the event in terms of sedimentation and major morphological changes.
This study was carried out to analyze the hydrodynamic prope11ies of the tsunami as well
as to understand the coastal damages due to the event. The coral reef platform at the
Pakarang Cape, south of Thailand, was studied and the transpo1ied corals were measured
and mapped in this research. The average long axes of corals were found to be nearly
parallel to the shore line, which occurred due to the most energetic wave. The comparison
of boulder carrying capacity of waves indicate that more than 20m storm generated wave
height is required to transport such corals, while eye witness and former surveys indicates
that the maximum wave height during tsunami was 11 m at the study area. Existing boulder
transport equations need further modification to obtain a more representative result. |
| Year | 2005 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. GE-05-09 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Geotechnical Engineering (GE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Glawe, Ulrich; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Bergado, Dennes T.;
Park, Kyung-Ho;
Honda, Kiyoshi ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2005 |
