Investigation of the Huge Tsunami from the 2011 Tōhoku-Oki, Japan, Earthquake Using Ocean Floor Boreholes to the Fault Zone

Investigation of the Huge Tsunami from the 2011 Tōhoku-Oki, Japan, Earthquake Using Ocean Floor Boreholes to the Fault Zone

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 343, named the Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project (JFAST), drilled ocean floor boreholes through the fault zone of the 2011 Tōhoku-Oki earthquake (M9.0) to enhance understanding of the rupture process and tsunami generation. This project investigat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jim Mori, Frederick Chester, Emily E. Brodsky, Suichi Kodaira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2014-06-01
Series:Oceanography
Subjects:
Japan Trench
IODP drilling
scientific drilling
JFAST
ocean borehole monitoring
Tohoku earthquake
Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-2_mori.pdf

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