Geologic evidence for coseismic uplift at ~ AD 400 in coastal lowland deposits on the Shimizu Plain, central Japan

Geologic evidence for coseismic uplift at ~ AD 400 in coastal lowland deposits on the Shimizu Plain, central Japan

Abstract Megathrust earthquakes of magnitude ~ 8 and ensuing large tsunamis occur along the Nankai and Suruga troughs, central Japan, with a recurrence interval of 90–270 years since an AD 684 Hakuho earthquake. Historical records show that the AD 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake caused coseismic uplift...

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Main Authors: Akihisa Kitamura, Tomoya Ina, Daisuke Suzuki, Keito Tsutahara, Daisuke Sugawara, Kazuyoshi Yamada, Akira Aoshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-08-01
Series:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Subjects:
Sediment core
Coseismic uplift
Facies analysis
Late Holocene
Nankai and Suruga troughs
Paleoseismology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40645-019-0305-y

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