Geochemical signatures up to the maximum inundation of the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami - Implications for the 869AD Jogan and other palaeotsunamis

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-77

  Chagué Goff, Catherine ^a,b   Andrew, Anita ^c   Szczuciński, Witold ^d   Goff, James ^a   Nishimura, Yuichi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Environmental Isotopes Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geochemical signatures; Indicator of maximum inundation; Mud deposit; PXRF; Stable isotopes of S, C and N; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; MUD DEPOSIT; PXRF; STABLE ISOTOPES; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITS; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; RUBIDIUM; SALTS; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

TSUNAMIS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MUD; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TSUNAMI EVENT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; SENDAI; TOHOKU;

EID: 84870445171     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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