TY - BOOK AU - Ramasamy SM. & others Eds. TI - Geomatics in tsunami SN - 8189422316 U1 - 551.47024 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi PB - New India Publishing Agency KW - N1 - Contents Foreword v Preface xi Contributors xiii CHAPTERS TSUNAMI - HISTORY, MECHANISMS AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY 1. History of Tsunami 1-9 N.Rajendmn 2. The Role of Oscillations of the First and Second Class in Tsunami around Andaman and Nicobar Islands 11-16 T.S. Murty, N. Nirupama, I. Nistor and A.D. Rao 3. Photogrammetry Applications for Tsunami Damage Assessment 17-30 M. DJiarma Raj TSUNAMI - DISASTER ASSESSMENT 4. Indian Tsunami (2004): Initiatives by NRDMS, Department of Science and Technology, India 31-36 Brig. R. Siva Kumar and Bhoop Singh 5. S&T Input: Earthquake and Tsunami Effects, Andaman Islands, India 37-62 Parthasarathi Chakmbarti, Sanjoy Nag, Subrata B. Dutta, Susmita Dasgupta and Niladri Gnpta 6. Damage Assessment and Mapping of Tsunami Affected Areas in parts of Nellore coast, India 63-76 K. Mmthyunjaya Reddy, A.Nageswara Rao, V.Raghu and A.V. Subba Rao 7. Tsunami - 2004 Damage Assessment Mapping, Chennai Region 77-85 M.Ramalingam, M.Kamamj, K.Vaithiyanathan and RM.Namyanan 8. Damage Assessment in the Tsunami Affected Pondicherry - Cuddalore coast, India 87-106 G.V. Rajamanickam, E. Samnathan, V. Rajeshkumar, Sujatha E Ramani, D. Soosai Manickaraj, R. Chandrasekaran, K. Muthumeena, R. Mahesh, C. Sriramkumar, A. Rajarajesivari, and V. Sathiskumar 9. Geomatics in Tsunami Damages, Nagapattinam coast, India 107-134 SM. Ramasamy, C.J. Kurnanan, K. Palanivel, R. Selvakumar, V. Agastheeswaran, D. Sankar, Stemj Thomas and }. Saravanavel 10. Geospatial Assessment of Tsunami 2004 Damages along the Rocky Coast of Kanyakumari, India 135-146 N. Chandrasekar, J. Loveson Immanuel, M. Rajamanickam, }. Dajkumar Sahayam, D. Satheesh Herbert Singh and G. V. Rajamanickam TSUNAMI - ECOSYSTEM 11. Physico - Chemical Perturbation on Coastal System by Tsunami Events 147-153 A.Rajendran and R. Arthur James 12. 26, December 2004 Great Tsunami: It's Characteristic and Coastal Responses in Car Nicobar Island, India 155-166 Arun Kumar, R. K. Chingkhei and Bhoop Singh 13. Reflection of Boxing Day Tsunami on Coral Reef Ecosystem of India 167-177 L. Kannan, T. Thangaradjou and R. Sridhar 14. Reflections of Recent Tsunami on Mangrove Ecosystem, Cuddalore coast, India 179-190 V.Selvam 15. Tsunami Induced Water Quality Changes in Buckingham Canal, Chennai Region, India 191-198 Ushn Natesanand S. Kalaivani TSUNAMI - RELIEF AND REHABILITATION 16. Syndrome of the Tsunami (2004) Ravaged Society - A Microscopic view from Nagapattinam, India 199-202 C. Venkatachalam 17.Tsunami: The Citizen's Perspective 203-207 T. Dhanapal 18.Partners in Action: NGOs in Tsunami Relief and Rehab 209-213 Annie George 19.The Tsunami Disaster and Tamil Nadu's Response, India 215-220 R. Santhanam, IAS TSUNAMI - FJORD PROVINCES OF NORWAY 20.Landslide Triggered Tsunami in Norway 221-225 SM. Ramasamy, Bhoop Singh and Brig.R. Siva Kumar Author Index 227 ER -