Threshold flow depths to move large boulders by the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami

Abstract Around the world, numerous coastal boulders with weight of few thousand tons are suspected to have been transported by very large tsunamis, although their origins remain enigmatic. For clarifying origins of these boulders, the relation between the tsunami flow depth and the movement of mete...

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Main Authors: Shohei Iwai, Kazuhisa Goto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92917-2