Re-examination of the age of historical and paleo-tsunami deposits at Koyadori on the Sanriku Coast, Northeast Japan

Abstract High-accuracy age estimations of tsunami deposits are very important for tsunami deposit research because the recurrence interval and frequency of tsunami deposits allow us to assess the devastating impacts of tsunamis in a populated country such as Japan. The correlation of tsunami events...

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Main Author: Daisuke Ishimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-05-01
Series:Geoscience Letters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40562-017-0077-4