Fault model of the 12th century southwestern Hokkaido earthquake estimated from tsunami deposit distributions

Fault model of the 12th century southwestern Hokkaido earthquake estimated from tsunami deposit distributions

Abstract Tsunami deposits were collected along the coast of southwestern Hokkaido and Okushiri Island, northern Japan. The distribution of these deposits suggested that large earthquakes and tsunamis have repeatedly occurred off southwestern Hokkaido. Along the southern coast of Okushiri Island, fiv...

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Main Authors: Kei Ioki, Yuichiro Tanioka, Gentaro Kawakami, Yoshihiro Kase, Kenji Nishina, Wataru Hirose, Kei’ichi Hayashi, Ryo Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-05-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
Subjects:
Tsunami deposit
Tsunami inundation
Great earthquake
Hokkaido
Japan Sea
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-019-1034-6

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