Studies on submarine sediment transport by retreating tsunami currents and the establishment of a new method for detecting paleotsunamis

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20310101
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Natural disaster science
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: MINOURA Koji 東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (10133852)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IMAMURA Fumihiko 東北大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 教授 (40213243) ; GOTO Kazuhisa 千葉工業大学, 惑星探査研究センター, 上席研究員 (10376543)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: 津波押し波 / 津波引き波 / 海底重力流 / 津波堆積物 / 津波再来周期

Research Abstract

Understanding the cause and effect of regionally extensive invasion of the Jogan tsunami is important to prevent a disaster. In this study, the Jogan tsunami deposits were studied using sedimentological analyses and numerical hydrodynamic models.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Distribution of boulders at Miyara Bay of Ishigaki Island, Japan : A flow characteristic indicator of the tsunamis and storm waves (2010)
  • Author(s): Goto K., Shinozaki T., Minoura K., Okada K., Sugarawa D. and Imamura F
  • Journal Title: Island Arc Volume: vol.19 Pages: 412-426
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 過去の津波像の定量的復元-貞観津波の痕跡調査と古地形の推定について (2010)
  • Author(s): 菅原大助・今村文彦・松本秀明・後藤和久・箕浦幸治
  • Journal Title: 津波工学研究報告 Volume: vol.27 Pages: 103-132
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 地質学的データを用いた西暦869年貞観地震津波の復元について (2010)
  • Author(s): 菅原大助・今村文彦・松本秀明・後藤和久・箕浦幸治
  • Journal Title: 自然災害科学 Volume: (印刷中)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Foraminiferal evidence of submarine sediment transport and deposition by backwash during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. 2009 (2009)
  • Author(s): Sugawara, D., Minoura, K., Nemoto, N., Tsukawaki, S., Goto, K., and Imamura, F
  • Journal Title: Island Arc Volume: vol.18 Pages: 513-525
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Near-field tsunami forecasting from cabled ocean bottom pressure data (2009)
  • Author(s): Tsushima, H., Hino, R., Fujimoto, H., Tanioka, T., and Imamura, F
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research . Ocean Volume: vol.114 (B06309) Pages: 779-791
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The reduction effects of Mangrove forest on a tsunami based on field surveys at puckering Cape (2009)
  • Author(s): Yanagisawa, H., Koshimura, S., Goto, K., Miyagi, T., Imamura, F., Ruangrassmsse, A., and Tanavud. C
  • Journal Title: Thailand and numerical analysis, Estuaries. Coastal and shelf Science Volume: vol.81 Pages: 27-37
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Importance of the initial waveform and coastal profile for tsunami transport of boulders (2009)
  • Author(s): Goto, K., Okada, K., and Imamura F
  • Journal Title: Polish J. of Environ. Stud Volume: vol.18(1) Pages: 53-61
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Tsunamis and tsunami sedimentology. in Shiki, et al. (2008)
  • Author(s): Sugawara, D., Minoura, K., and Imamura, F
  • Journal Title: Tsunamiites-Features and Implication, Elsevier Pages: 9-49
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Distribution and Significance of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Deposits : Initial Results from Thailand and Sri Lanka in shiki et al (2008)
  • Author(s): Goto, K., Imamura, F. Keerthi, N., Kunthasap, P., Matsui, T., Minoura, K., Ruangrassamee, A., Sugawara, D., and Supharatid, S
  • Journal Title: Tsunamiites-Features and Implication, Elsevier Pages: 105-122
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 自然海岸における津波による土砂移動調査 (2008)
  • Author(s): 高橋潤, 後藤和久, 大家隆行, 柳澤英明, 今村文彦
  • Journal Title: 海岸工学論文集 Volume: vol.55 Pages: 446-450
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] スリランカ・キリンダ漁港を対象とした2004年インド洋大津波による土砂移動過程の解析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 高橋潤, 後藤和久, 大家隆行, 柳澤英明, 今村文彦
  • Journal Title: 海岸工学論文集 Volume: vol.55 Pages: 251-255
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effect of the Emperor Seamounts on Trans-Oceanic Propagation of the 2006 Kuril Island Earthquake Tsunami (2008)
  • Author(s): Koshimura, S., Hayashi, Y., Munemoto, K., and Imamura, F
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters Volume: vol.35 Pages: 129-132
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Reconstruction of the AD 869 Jogan tsunami in Northeast Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Minoura, K
  • Organizer: ISC (International Sedimentological Congress)2010
  • Place of Presentation: Mendosa, Argentina
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-29
• [Presentation] Sediment distribution and inundation area by the AD 869 Jogan tsunami in Sendai Plain, Northeast Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Sugawara, D. and Minoura, K
  • Organizer: The 3rd International Tsunami Field Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Sendai, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2010-04-10
• [Book] Tsunamiites-Features and Implication (2008)
  • Author(s): Shiki, T., Tsuji, Y., Yamazaki, T., and Minoura, K
  • Total Pages: 1-411
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science, Amsterdam