Hydrochemistry and solute transport modelling to study the impact of 2004 tsunami on groundwater quality in kalpakkam southern india

Abstract

Massive tsunami occurred on December 26 2004 triggered by a newline90 magnitude earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra killed more than newline250000 people and displaced thousands in countries around the Indian newlineOcean Tsunami waves entered in land up to 021 km which caused newlineextensive damage to life and property to all coastal districts along the east newlinecoast of Tamil Nadu India Although there are major impacts of the tsunami newlineon infrastructure and human life it also resulted in deterioration of newlinegroundwater quality of the coastal region Study of processes of salinisation of newlinegroundwater by tsunami and the time that it will take for the natural recharge newlineprocesses to flush this salinity is of great importance newline newline