Paleo-tsunami history along the northern Japan Trench: evidence from Noda Village, northern Sanriku coast, Japan

Paleo-tsunami history along the northern Japan Trench: evidence from Noda Village, northern Sanriku coast, Japan

Abstract Throughout history, large tsunamis have frequently affected the Sanriku area of the Pacific coast of the Tohoku region, Japan, which faces the Japan Trench. Although a few studies have examined paleo-tsunami deposits along the Sanriku coast, additional studies of paleo-earthquakes and tsuna...

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Main Authors: Taiga Inoue, Kazuhisa Goto, Yuichi Nishimura, Masashi Watanabe, Yasutaka Iijima, Daisuke Sugawara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-12-01
Series:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Subjects:
Paleo-tsunami
Sanriku coast
Japan
Tsunami deposit identification
AD 869 Jogan tsunami
Storm wave
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40645-017-0158-1

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