Knowledge Themes
Plate Tectonics and Subduction Zones
Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004
Disaster Management Act 2005
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Guidelines
Indian Tsunami Early Warning System (ITEWS)
INCOIS (Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services)
Bottom Pressure Recorders (BPR) and DART Buoys
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Pacific Ring of Fire
Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Norms
Community-based Disaster Preparedness
UNESCO-IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Groups (ICGs)
Structural Subtopics
- Tectonic subduction and vertical displacement of the seafloor
- Seismic source characteristics (magnitude
- depth
- and faulting type)
- Underwater landslides and submarine gravitational collapse
- Volcanic triggers and island flank collapses
- Propagation physics in deep vs. shallow water (shoaling effect)
- Comparison between wind-generated waves and seismic sea waves
- Pacific Ring of Fire and global tsunamigenic hotspots
- Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) systems
- Role of INCOIS and India's Tsunami Early Warning Centre
- Coastal vulnerability mapping and inundation modeling
- Structural and non-structural mitigation strategies
- Role of mangroves and coastal shelterbelts in wave attenuation
- Community-based disaster preparedness and evacuation protocols
- International cooperation frameworks like the ICG/PTWS
Study Material
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