ABSTRACT
The horrendous destruction caused by the tsunami waves due to the earthquake in the west coast of northern Sumatra (3.307◦N; 95.947◦E) at 30 km depth with a magnitude of 9.3 on Richter scale at 00.59 UTC on 26 December 2004, has been described in detail by several authors (e.g. Krishamoorthy et al., 2005). This chapter summarises the results of our investigations on the hydrophysical manifestations (salinity and temperature, coastal currents, internal waves, etc.) of the tsunami on the coastal environments in India.
