• DocumentCode
    1564078
  • Title

    Tsunami Generation and Propagation along the Coastal Zone of Makran and Karachi

  • Author

    Mahar, Gohar Ali ; Nayyar, Zeeshan Alam

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Geogr., Fed. Urdu Univ. of Arts Sci. & Technol., Karachi
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    88
  • Lastpage
    91
  • Abstract
    Tsunami usually generates around the Pacific Ocean, causing huge amount of loss of life and damage of property. Its frequent actions were seen in south East Asia, Japan and western coast of North and South America. It most frequently occurs around the coast of Japan. This phenomenon is mostly due to the release and transfer of energy of tectonic type of earth quake. Recent mega thrust earth quake of December 26, 2004 is also tectonic type of earth quake that affected more than 10 countries of the world. Pakistan being located on the Arabian Sea, facing the Subduction zone nears the Makran coast. The earth quake in 1945 generated the Tsunami that affected the Makran coast. Its measure and pre-cautions are imperative.
  • Keywords
    earthquakes; tsunami; Karachi; Makran; coastal zone; earthquake; tsunami; Art; Earth; Earthquakes; Geography; Marine technology; Oceans; Sea floor; Sea level; Sea measurements; Tsunami;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advances in Space Technologies, 2006 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Islamabad
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0515-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0515-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICAST.2006.313804
  • Filename
    4106415