scholarly journals Seafloor Displacement After the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake in the Northern Japan Trench Examined by Repeated Bathymetric Surveys

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (23) ◽  
pp. 11,833-11,839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiya Fujiwara ◽  
Christian dos Santos Ferreira ◽  
Anna Katharina Bachmann ◽  
Michael Strasser ◽  
Gerold Wefer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Japan Trench ◽  
Northern Japan

scholarly journals Along‐trench variations in the seismic structure of the incoming Pacific plate at the outer rise of the northern Japan Trench

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 666-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gou Fujie ◽  
Shuichi Kodaira ◽  
Takeshi Sato ◽  
Tsutomu Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Plate ◽  
Japan Trench ◽  
Seismic Structure ◽  
Outer Rise ◽  
Northern Japan

scholarly journals A new type of intra-plate volcanism; Young alkali-basalts discovered from the subducting Pacific Plate, Northern Japan Trench

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 2719-2722 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Hirano ◽  
K. Kawamura ◽  
M. Hattori ◽  
K. Saito ◽  
Y. Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Plate ◽  
Japan Trench ◽  
Alkali Basalts ◽  
New Type ◽  
Northern Japan

scholarly journals Sedimentation of natural radionuclides on the seabed across the northern Japan Trench.

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Che Abd. Rahim Mohamed ◽  
Hisashi Narita ◽  
Koh Harada ◽  
Shizuo Tsunogai
Keyword(s):  
Natural Radionuclides ◽  
Japan Trench ◽  
Northern Japan

scholarly journals Seafloor Geodesy From Repeated Multibeam Bathymetric Surveys: Application to Seafloor Displacement Caused by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiya Fujiwara
Keyword(s):  
Horizontal Displacement ◽  
Relative Difference ◽  
Japan Trench ◽  
Bathymetric Survey ◽  
Seafloor Geodesy ◽  
Bathymetric Data ◽  
Rupture Area ◽  
Trench Axis ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Northern Japan

Repeated multibeam bathymetric surveys played an important role for understanding the distribution of coseismic seafloor displacement caused by the March 11, 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake. After the earthquake, we collected bathymetric data along the same tracks obtained before the earthquake. The selected tracks were crossing the trench and extending from the landward to seaward trench slopes. We examined the seafloor displacement on the landward relative to the seaward by means of the difference in bathymetry before and after the earthquake. The multibeam bathymetric survey has the advantage of areal coverage. The repeated surveys clarified the areal distribution of the coseismic seafloor displacement. In the main rupture area, very large seafloor displacement was observed. Sharp bathymetric change at the trench axis provided solid evidence that the fault slip on the shallowest part of the megathrust reached the trench axis and peaked at the trench axis. The very large displacement is limited to the particular area. Smaller seafloor displacements were observed in the area tens of kilometers away from the main rupture area. We present methods and results of the repeated multibeam bathymetric surveys and an application to the seafloor displacement caused by the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake in the northern Japan Trench. Less than several meters in seafloor vertical displacements and less than 20 m in seafloor horizontal displacement were estimated in the northern Japan Trench. The estimated smaller displacements are comparable in magnitude to error of the seafloor displacement observation from our bathymetric survey. Nevertheless, three adjacent survey tracks showed coherent relative differences in seafloor elevation, which suggests the relative difference enables us to discuss the along-track variation in seafloor displacement in the area. However, our survey was affected by uncertainties of roll and pitch biases and sound velocity errors. Well-prepared repeated multibeam bathymetric survey for the purpose of seafloor geodesy could lead to a higher resolution and more accurate result. Repeated acquisition of high resolution and accuracy bathymetric data using state-of-the-art technology will be important to quantitative discussion of the seafloor displacements caused by even smaller magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis.

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