Tsunami and Groundwater Contamination

This book explores saltwater contamination of shallow sandy aquifers in tsunami events or storm surges. Covers parameters influencing saltwater plume migration, field experiments, guidelines for mitigation of contamination, post-incident water use and more.

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The goal of this monograph is to disseminate a fundamental understanding of the physical processes of saltwater contamination of shallow sandy aquifers due to an event like December 2004 tsunami or a storm surge event like Hurricane Katrina in the United States in 2005.

The main objectives of this book are,
1. Describe the processes occurring in the unstable phenomena associated with tsunami contamination and its nature
2. Disseminate knowledge on parameters which influence saltwater plume migration, use of field experiments, physical experiments and computational modeling,
3. Provide guidelines for mitigation of such contamination and water use after such incident