Recovery of an estuary in the southwest coast of india from tsunami impacts

Water quality in the Cochin Estuary, southwest coast of India during the tsunami attack was assessed and compared with the pre and post tsunami characteristics. From the results obtained, it is evident that a drastic change in hydrography has been inflicted by the energy transferred through the tsun...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2007-02, Vol.125 (1-3), p.41-45
Main Authors: LALURAJ, C. M, KESAVADAS, V, BALACHANDRAN, K. K, VIJAY JOHN GERSON, MARTIN, G. D, SHAIJU, P, REVICHANDRAN, C, JOSEPH, T, NAIR, M
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Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Brackish
Coastal oceanography, estuaries. Regional oceanography
Coasts
Disasters
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Ecosystem
Environmental impact
Environmental Monitoring
Estuaries
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Geochemistry
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Hydrography
India
Mineralogy
Natural water pollution
Nutrients
Oceanography
Physics of the oceans
Pollution
Salinity
Seawaters, estuaries
Silicates
Studies
Temperature
Tidal waves
Trends
Tsunamis
Water - chemistry
Water geochemistry
Water quality
Water Supply
Water treatment and pollution
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Summary:Water quality in the Cochin Estuary, southwest coast of India during the tsunami attack was assessed and compared with the pre and post tsunami characteristics. From the results obtained, it is evident that a drastic change in hydrography has been inflicted by the energy transferred through the tsunami, which disturbed the entire estuarine embayment. However, the post tsunami water quality showed normal levels indicating that the region has recovered from the tsunami impacts.
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-006-9237-2