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They following email was sent to me by Dr. Bruce Jaffe from
Santa Cruz, CA. If you have an opportunity to answer his questions, you
can email your responses to him at: . bjaffe@usgs.gov
Hi,
This is a fantastic web site.
Thank you for putting
this together. I have a question for you or other
contributors of photographs: The aftermath photos show
what looks like sand on the floor inside buildings.
- How far from the coast are those buildings?
- Where did the sand enter into the buildings (windows? doors?).
- How high did the sand have to get up into the water to get into the
buildings?
- Also, did you or any of your page contributors see sediment (sand, mud,
shells, etc.) deposited on the ground?
- If so, were the deposits extensive?
- How thick were they?
- What was the farthest inland that people found deposits?
The reason I ask is that I study sedimentary deposits (primarily sand
sized sediment) from tsunamis and storms. We have 2 web sites
with information about deposits from recent tsunamis:
2001 Peru tsunami: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/peru2/
Papua New Guinea 1998 tsunami: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/itst.html#top
Thanks,
Dr. Bruce Jaffe
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bjaffe@usgs.gov
US Geological Survey Pacific Science Center
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831)459-2824
Fax: (831) 459-3383 (send e-mail to let me know you sent a fax)
