AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
The fate of coral reefs in the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean following the Sumatran earthquake and tsunami, 26 December 2004.
The Sumatran-Andaman earthquake was the second largest earthquake in the instrumental record, with shifts in the sea floor displacing more than 30 [km.sup.3] of seawater and generating a tsunami that was recorded worldwide (Bilham 2005). The scale of the resultant human tragedy and damage to coastal infrastructure was almost incomprehensible and is it was not surprising that many scientists anticipated extensive damage to coral reefs along affected coastlines in the Andaman Sea. It is perhaps noteworthy that since 1833 over 35 tsunamis have been recorded around the neigh-bouring Indonesian archipelago (Carey et al. 2001), which is home to the most diverse coral reefs in ...
- Firms bid for prospects in Andaman Sea.
- Newspaper article from: Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) March 16, 2006 700+ words
...Prospecting for hydrocarbon in the Andaman Sea remains a promising investment, given...270 sq km, located offshore in the Andaman Sea. The firm's qualifications and credentials...has raised the attractiveness of the Andaman Sea for petroleum firms. Previously, petroleum...
- Kerr-McGee Ditching Andaman Sea.(PTT Exploration and Production's oil...
- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily March 7, 2002 700+ words
Kerr-McGee Ditching Andaman Sea Thailand's PTT Exploration and...ditching oil exploration efforts in the Andaman Sea due to the area's poor potential...government. Exploration in the Andaman Sea, located off the west coast of...
- Monsoon advances into South Andaman Sea.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 15, 2000 700+ words
...GOVERNMENT: Monsoon advances into South Andaman Sea (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...monsoon advanced today into the south Andaman Sea and neighbouring southeast Bay of Bengal...advancement of monsoon into the north Andaman Sea is being monitored. In the next 48...
- India, Singapore naval exercises begin in Andaman Sea.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. March 25, 2009 700+ words
...Singapore naval exercises begin in Andaman Sea New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) Aiming to...bilateral exercise SIMBEX-2009 in the Andaman Sea. Being the 16th in the series of exercises...edition of SIMBEX would extend from the Andaman Sea to the South China Sea and would go...
- Ko Phi Phi Island, in the Andaman Sea off Phuket, southern Thailand. (PAR189951)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Bruno Barbey January 1, 1987 700+ words
...1987 Ko Phi Phi Island, in the Andaman Sea off Phuket, southern Thailand...thailand. ko phi phi island, in the andaman sea off phuket, southern thailand. ko phi phi island, in the andaman sea off phuket, southern thailand...
- UNOCAL AWARDED ANDAMAN SEA EXPLORATION BLOCKS
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 19, 1996 700+ words
...with Thailand's Ministry of Industry for two blocks in the Andaman Sea under Thailand's 14th Bid Round. The two blocks, W8...consortium that is developing the Yadana natural gas field in the Andaman Sea, offshore Myanmar. This project will supply about 525 million...
- Well-marked low over South Andaman Sea, adjoining area moves slightly.
- News wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh May 3, 2007 700+ words
Dhaka, May 3 (UNB) - The well-marked low over the South Andaman sea and adjoining area moved slightly northwards and now lies over the north Andaman sea and adjoining east central Bay, Met Office said in a latest bulletin. Maritime...
- RI, INDIAN NAVIES CONDUCTING COORDINATED PATROLS IN ANDAMAN SEA.
- News wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) March 20, 2007 700+ words
...conducting three- week-long coordinated patrols in the Andaman Sea, an official report said. The opening ceremony of the coordinated...robberies, smuggling, poaching and transnational crimes in the Andaman Sea. Close naval cooperation between India and Indonesia has...
