Sediment from Himalayas may have made 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake more severe - @Orego... - 0 views
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Jérôme OLLIER on 28 May 17Sediment that eroded from the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau over millions of years was transported thousands of kilometers by rivers and in the Indian Ocean - and became sufficiently thick over time to generate temperatures warm enough to strengthen the sediment and increase the severity of the catastrophic 2004 Sumatra earthquake.