Fig. 1.

The study area. (A) Coasts affected by IOT (bold line) and the location of the study area (in rectangle); (B) Part of the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand with marked surveyed areas. (C–D) Location of the studied sites, measured tsunami run up heights and inundation distances (after Szczuciński et al., 2006). Legend: (1) run up height [m], (2) inundated areas, (3) offshore contour lines, (4) inland water bodies, (5) earthquake epicenter and major rupture areas during the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (after Subarya et al., 2006), (6) topographical transect lines presented in Figs. 3 and 4, (7) investigated trenches, (a) included in transects (Figs. 3 and 4); (b) remaining investigated sites, (8) forests, (9) roads, (10) sites shown in Fig. 2.