地学雑誌 | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)

2014 Vol.123 No.6

A Coach on a Roof: The Devastating Power of a Tsunami

Ogatsu Town has been a part of Ishinomaki City since 2005. It is famous as a fishing port and a producer of high-quality Suzuri (inkstone used for calligraphy). Ogatsu Suzuri is made from Permian slate. Ogatsu town was destroyed by a tsunami on 11 March, 2011. The coach was carried 200 m from its original parking place and tossed onto the roof of the Ogatsu community center (Ogatsu Kominkan). The coach and damaged building are remnants of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and help us understand the devastating power of a tsunami. The area is now a vacant lot awaiting reconstruction (December 2014).

(Photograph & Explanation: Noriyoshi TSUCHIYA; Photographed on April 16, 2011)

Special Issue on “Geochemistry and Environmental Science of Tsunami Deposits”

Preface to the Special Issue on “Geochemistry and Environmental Science of Tsunami Deposits”—I

Noriyoshi TSUCHIYA, Yasumasa OGAWA, Takahiro WATANABE and Osam SANO

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 789.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.789

Preface to the Special Issue on “Geochemistry and Environmental Science of Tsunami Deposits”—II

Catherine CHAGUÉ-GOFF

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 791.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.791

Introduction for the Special Issue on “Geochemistry and Environmental Science of Tsunami Deposits”

Noriyoshi TSUCHIYA, Yasumasa OGAWA, Takahiro WATANABE and Osam SANO

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 793.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.793

Extracting Magnitude Information from Tsunami Deposits (Review Article)

Daisuke SUGAWARA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 797.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.797

Geologic Record of Middle-Late Holocene Paleo-tsunamis and Paleo-earthquakes on the Shizuoka Plain and Coastal Lowland of the Southern Izu Peninsula, Central Japan (Original Article)

Akihisa KITAMURA and Konatsu KOBAYASHI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 813.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.813

Seawater-leaching Testing for Arsenic and Heavy Metals in Tsunami Deposits Produced by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Northeastern Japan (Original Article)

Takahiro WATANABE, Noriyoshi TSUCHIYA, Shin-ichi YAMASAKI, Ryoichi YAMADA, Nobuo HIRANO, Atsushi OKAMOTO, Fumiko W. NARA and Tohoku Tsunami Sediment Research Group

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 835.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.835

Origins of Arsenic and Heavy Metals in Tsunami Deposits from the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake on the Sanriku Coast and Sendai Plain (Original Article)

Ryoichi YAMADA, Noriyoshi TSUCHIYA and Takahiro WATANABE

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 854.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.854

Sources of Tsunami Deposits on the Pacific Coasts of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Areas by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Northeast Japan Inferred from Geochemical Signatures (TOC/TN Ratio and Stable Sulfur Isotope) (Original Article)

Fumiko W. NARA, Takahiro WATANABE, Takeshi KAKEGAWA, Shin-ichi YAMASAKI, Chihiro INOUE and Noriyoshi TSUCHIYA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 871.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.871

Identifying Origins of Tsunami Deposits and Derangement of Marine Sediments from Chemical Composition: Targeting the Coastal Area of Sendai Plain Affected by the Tsunami of the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake (Original Article)

Junko HARA, Yoshishige KAWABE, Takeshi KOMAI, Toru TAMURA and Yuki SAWAI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 883.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.883

Radiocarbon Dating Historical Tsunami Deposits from the Sendai Plain, Northeastern Japan: Preliminary Age Model of HS Continuous Soil Sediment Series (Original Article)

Takahiro WATANABE, Norihiro HOSODA, Noriyoshi TSUCHIYA,Toshio NAKAMURA, Nobuo HIRANO, Atsushi OKAMOTO, Fumiko W. NARA and Tohoku University Tsunami Sediment Research Group

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2014, 123(6), 904.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.123.904