Ms. Thilini Wijewardhane, M.Phil, Department of Oceanography and Marine Geology, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka; Kent State University Kent Campus, Department of Earth Sciences, Kent, United States, Pradeep N Ranasinghage, Lake Superior State University, School of Chemistry, Environment, and Geological Sciences, Sault Sainte Marie, United States, Kalpani Ratnayake, University of Peradeniya, Postgraduate Institute of Science, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, S.U.P Jinadasa, Ocean University of Sri Lanka, Department of Physical Oceanography, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jeffrey P Donnelly, WHOI, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, United States and Prof. Nalaka Ranasinghe