Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

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Symbol M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS25] tsunami deposit

Sun. May 24, 2015 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Convention Hall (2F)

Convener:*Kazuhisa Goto(International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS),Tohoku University), Masanobu Shishikura(Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Yuichi Nishimura(Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University)

6:15 PM - 7:30 PM

[MIS25-P01] Field evidence of tsunami sediments along the east coast of Taiwan

*Yuka NISHIKAWA1, Wen-Shan Chen1, Jiun-Yee Yen2, Nobuhisa MATSUTA3, Neng-Ti Yu4 (1.National Taiwan University, 2.National Dong Hwa University, 3.Okayama University, 4.National Hsinchu University of Education)

Keywords:the east coast of Taiwan, tsunami sediment

Study on paleo tsunami deposits in geologic stratum is one of valuable tools for identification of paleo earthquake in the tectonically active coast, in Taiwan. After the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, demand increased greatly for geologists with expertise in the geology of tsunami deposits, who could study prehistoric tsunami deposits.In Taiwan, east coast is very close to the Pacific Ocean and the Ryukyu Trench. In order to confirm the tsunami attacked the east coast of Taiwan, we are investigate the East Coast from Hualien to Taitung coast.