JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017

Presentation information

[EJ] Poster

M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS09] [EJ] tsunami deposit

Tue. May 23, 2017 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall HALL7)

convener:Tetsuya Shinozaki(Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics (CRiED), University of Tsukuba), Takashi Chiba(Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University), Daisuke Ishimura(Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University), Kazuhisa Goto(International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS),Tohoku University)

[MIS09-P10] Organic elemental analysis and stable isotope analysis of tsunami deposit

*Yuki Ito1, Takumi Yoshii1, Shiro Tanaka1, Takaomi Hamada1, Masafumi Matsuyama1 (1.Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)

Keywords:tsunami deposit, Tohoku-oki tsunami, organic matter

Assessment of tsunami deposits is necessary to reduce the hazard in coastal area in the future. Multiple proxies using sand units, grain size and/or microfossils such as diatoms have been applied to identify tsunami deposits. However, the way of distinguish tsunami deposits has not been established yet. Recently, various geochemical compositions have been proposed in order to distinguish them more precisely. In this study, C/N and isotopic (d13C) analyses were used to determine source of organic matter in 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits collected from 17 coastal areas which range from north to south in 500 km. We collected particulate organic matter (POM) in seawater, beach sand and tsunami deposits and treated them with HCl. The data of POM and sand beach are evaluated to be an end-member of marine origin, while these values of tsunami deposits vary greatly.