Sedimentary processes associated with sand and boulder deposits formed by the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami at Sabusawa Island, Japan

Observations and Modeling of Coastal Boulder Transport and Loading During Super Typhoon Haiyan

“…At the largest scale, events like the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami can transport larger blocks greater distances than may be possible from storm waves [Nandasena et al, 2013;Goto et al, 2014]. However, the tsunami literature sometimes discounts the competence of storm waves to transport boulders long distances, which may lead to misdiagnosis of boulder origins.…”

Testing the numerical models for boulder transport through high energy marine wave event: An example from southern Saurashtra, western India

“…Since 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, studies pertaining to detachment, transport and emplacement of coastal boulders have received wide attention among scientists, as they may serve as archives to past storm/tsunami history (Scheffers, 2004;Mastronuzzi and Sanso, 2004;Goto et al, 2007;Kelletat et al, 2007;Vott et al, 2008;Paris et al, 2009Paris et al, , 2010Srinivasalu et al, 2009;Etienne et al, 2011;Goto et al, 2012). Most of the coastal boulder research has been focused on using the boulders as sedimentary signatures of palaeo-tsunami events and the most commonly used transport equations typically suggest that large boulder deposits are products of tsunami rather than storms, though storm waves are capable of transporting and depositing boulders of significant size at elevations well above sea level (Hansom et al, 2008;Paris et al, 2011).…”

Tectonic and morphosedimentary features of the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami in the Arauco Gulf and Mataquito River (Central Chile)

“…As it spread, the fault slip generated earthquake shaking and also deformed the ocean floor, setting off the tsunami along the faultrupture area. Although the maximum water level observed in several places ranged from 10 to 12 m, and although 3 to 5 waves reached the coast during the next 4 h, the sedimentary record and geomorphological changes recorded were less severe than other recent tsunamigenerated by mega-earthquakes, like the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami (Paris et al, 2007;Ontowirjo et al, 2013) or 2011 Tohoku-Oki tsunami (Mori et al, 2011;Goto et al, 2012aGoto et al, , 2012bNakamura et al, 2012;Richmond et al, 2012;Tappin et al, 2012). Different coseismic deformations (uplift or subsidence) were observed in different sectors of the coast and therefore an attempt was made to identify whether this land deformation controls the sedimentological pattern in each area.…”