The fossils are preserved remains of body parts or traces of ancient organisms. Sri Lanka
is a continental island that evolved via unique geological formations, including fossil remains. This island
represents many ...
Katupotha, J.(INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR QUATERNARY RESEARCH XIV INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS., 1995)
The study area described here is situated between Kalametiya Lagoon and Bundala Lake in the
southern part of Sri Lanka between Kalametiya Lagoon and Bundala Lake. Whole Holocene shell
beds lie on flat terrain (between ...
A
landslide is a downslope gravitational movement of rock, earth, or
antificial fill. The movement may be a slide, flow, or fall, acting singly or
together (Simonett, 1968). Landslide may be induced by natural agencies ...
Katupotha, J.(GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SRI LANKA, 1993)
The
concept
of
geomorphic surfaces can be applied to the study of macro- and
micro-landform formation, their formative processes and evolution. It indicates the erosional or
depositional surfaces in a “available ...
Katupotha, J.(Sri Lanka Journal of the Marine Enviromental Science, 2020)
The Indian Ocean is bounded by Iran, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh to the north; the Malay
Peninsula, the Sunda Islands of Indonesia, and Australia to the east; Antarctica to the south; and Africa
and the Arabian ...
Along the coastal belt of Sri Lanka, there are different water outlets from land to
sea. The present study found 431 such water outlets (mouths) in perennial, seasonal, and ephemeral
conditions. Depending on the location, ...
Long extending canals, distributing water for vast areas are one of the ancient
irrigation structures of Sri Lanka. Normally, in terms of functionality, these
canals are of four types. One; supply of water for paddy ...
Geotourism is ‘tourism that focuses on geology and landscape as the basis for providing
visitor engagement, learning, and enjoyment’. Geotourism and geo-heritage are relatively new form of
tourism with considerable Sri ...
Since ancient times, the population of Sri Lanka has depended on the island’s vast
network of river basins. It was crucial to their survival and the human civilization was built around
them. With time human lifestyle ...
Global sea-level changes have been a major topic among scientists. Sea-level changes are not globally uniform.
Reconstruction of paleo sea-level changes and monitoring of variations in regional sea-level are important to ...
It is obvious that Sri Lanka experiences remarkable climatic variations under global climate change. The greater impact of climatic variation is on agriculture, water recourses and the people who involve in the agricultural ...
It is apparent that world climate is changing in mainly resulting in global warming and associated consequences such as sea level
rising, growing hot spot, ice malting and varying rain fall. Therefore now a days the word ...