Cryptoperthites in fayalite-hedenbergite trachyte from Oki-Dogo island, Japan.

Near‐surface weakening in Japan after the 2011 Tohoku‐Oki earthquake

The magnitude (MW ) 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake on 11 March 2011 was one of the largest in recent history. Ground motion caused by the seismicity around the time of the main shock was recorded by KiK-net, the strong-motion network that covers most of Japan. By deconvolving waveforms generated by earthquakes that are recorded at the surface and in a borehole at KiK-net station FKSH18, we detect a ...

Hadal disturbance in the Japan Trench induced by the 2011 Tohoku–Oki Earthquake

In situ video observations and sediment core samplings were performed at two hadal sites in the Japan Trench on July, 2011, four months after the Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Video recordings documented dense nepheloid layers extending ~30-50 m above the sea bed. At the trench axis, benthic macrofauna was absent and dead organisms along with turbid downslope current were observed. The top 31 cm of se...

Excess strain in the Echigo Plain sedimentary basin, NE Japan: evidence from coseismic deformation of the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake

Characteristic regional prevalence of HTLV-I in Shimane Prefecture.

Serological survey for human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) was performed in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located on the coast of Japan sea. The rates of anti-adult T-cell leukemia-associated antigen-positive sera were 4.2% and 6.9% respectively for males and females. The rate increased with age, particularly in females. From the geographical point of view, the Oki Islands and a very small ...

Tidal Records in Sendai, Miyagi, JAPAN, & observations of the Fukushima-oki tsunami signal