Assessing the magnitude of the 869 Jogan tsunami using sedimentary deposits: Prediction and consequence of the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-26

  Sugawara, Daisuke ^a   Goto, Kazuhisa ^b   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a   Matsumoto, Hideaki ^c   Minoura, Koji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2011 Tohoku oki earthquake tsunami; 869 Jogan earthquake tsunami; Inundation area; Sendai Plain; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; INUNDATION AREA; OFFSHORE WAVES; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SENDAI PLAIN; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; TSUNAMI HAZARDS;

DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; FLOODS; FORECASTING;

TSUNAMIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI EVENT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN]; SENDAI; TOHOKU;

EID: 84870435080     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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