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T21. Geological Records of Earthquakes and Tsunamis on Passive and Active Margins Coasts

 
Introductory Remarks
 
AN ATTEMPT BEFORE 2011 TO ESTIMATE EXTRAORDINARY TSUNAMIS ALONG JAPAN TRENCH
SAWAI, Yuki, Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Higashi 1-1-1 C7, Tsukuba 305-8567 Japan, yuki.sawai@aist.go.jp
 
SEDIMENTARY AND FORAMINIFERAL EVIDENCE OF THE 2011 TOHOKU-OKI TSUNAMI ON THE SENDAI COASTAL PLAIN, JAPAN
PILARCZYK, Jessica E., Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, jpilar@sas.upenn.edu, HORTON, B.P., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Hayden Hall, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, WITTER, Robert C., U S Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, VANE, Christopher H., British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, United Kingdom, CHAGUE-GOFF, Catherine, Australian Tsunami Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia, and GOFF, James R., Australian Tsunami Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia
 
THE APPLICATION OF MICROPALEONTOLOGY TO RECOGNIZE COSEISMIC UPLIFT AND CHARACTERIZE TSUNAMI DEPOSITS ON THE CENTRAL CHILEAN COAST
DURA, Tina, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, dura@sas.upenn.edu, CISTERNAS, Marco, Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Valparaiso 1, Chile, HORTON, B.P., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Hayden Hall, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, ELY, Lisa L., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926, WESSON, Robert L., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, and REBOLLEDO, Lorena, Department of Oceanography, University of Concepcion, Edmundo Larenas S/N, Concepcion, Concepcion, 4070386, Chile
 
EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE GREAT EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTH CENTRAL CHILE
GARRETT, Ed1, SHENNAN, Ian1, GULLIVER, Pauline2, and WOODROFFE, Sarah A.1, (1) Sea Level Research Unit, Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, edmund.garrett@durham.ac.uk, (2) NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory, Rankine Avenue, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom
 
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SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF PALEOTSUNAMI INVESTIGATIONS ALONG THE KURIL-KAMCHATKA SUBDUCTION ZONE
MACINNES, Breanyn, Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, N10W8 Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan, macinnes@mail.sci.hokudai.ac.jp, PINEGINA, Tatiana, Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia, BOURGEOIS, Joanne, University of Washington, PO Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, and RAZZHIGAEVA, N.G., Pacific Institute of Geography, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia
 
APPLICATION OF SALT-MARSH AND TIDAL-FLAT FORAMINIFERA TO IDENTIFY LATE HOLOCENE LAND-LEVEL CHANGES CAUSED BY MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES AT SITKINAK ISLAND, ALASKA
ENGELHART, Simon E.1, KEMP, Andrew C.1, NELSON, Alan R.2, BRIGGS, Richard W.3, HAEUSSLER, Peter J.4, CULVER, Stephen J.5, ANGSTER, Stephen J.3, and BRADLEY, Lee–Ann6, (1) Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, simoneng@sas.upenn.edu, (2) Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, (3) Geologic Hazards Team, MS 966, U.S. Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, (4) U.S. Geological Survey, 4200 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, (5) Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, (6) Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
 
PLATE SEGMENTATION OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE ALEUTIAN SUBDUCTION ZONE
SHENNAN, Ian, Sea Level Research Unit, Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, ian.shennan@durham.ac.uk, BARLOW, Natasha, Sea Level Research Unit, Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, BRUHN, Ronald, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South, 1460 East, Room 383, FSAB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, GOOD, Kelly A.S., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S. 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, and WATCHAM, Emma P., School of the Built and Natural Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom
 
HOLOCENE TSUNAMI RECURRENCE ALONG THE EASTERN ALEUTIAN-ALASKAN MEGATHRUST, CHIRIKOF ISLAND, ALASKA
NELSON, Alan R.1, BRIGGS, Richard W.2, ENGELHART, Simon E.3, GELFENBAUM, Guy4, DURA, Tina3, BRADLEY, Lee–Ann2, and VANE, Christopher H.5, (1) Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO, anelson@usgs.gov, (2) Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO, (3) Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, (4) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, (5) British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, United Kingdom
 
PALEOLIQUEFACTION LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2010-2011 CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND, EARTHQUAKES
TUTTLE, Martitia, M. Tuttle & Associates, 128 Tibbetts Lane, Georgetown, ME 04548, mptuttle@earthlink.net, VILLAMOR, Pilar, Hazards Group, GNS Science, PO Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand, and ALMOND, Peter, Soil and Physical Sciences Group, Lincoln Univ, Division of Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences, PO Box 84, Canterbury, New Zealand
 
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TSUNAMI HAZARDS TO THE U.S. ATLANTIC COAST
TEN BRINK, Uri S., U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543, utenbrink@usgs.gov
 
OVERWASH DEPOSITS FROM THE PAST 3,000 YEARS ON ST.THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
FUENTES, Zamara1, TUTTLE, Martitia2, and SCHMIDT, Wilford1, (1) Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PO BOX 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681, zamara.fuentes@upr.edu, (2) M. Tuttle & Associates, 128 Tibbetts Lane, Georgetown, ME 04548
 
THE PRE-2004 TSUNAMIS IN THE BAY OF BENGAL INFERRED FROM GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE IN THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS AND SOUTHERN INDIA
RAJENDRAN, C. P., RAJENDRAN, Kusala, and ANDRADE, Vanessa, Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India, cp.rajendran@yahoo.com
 
Concluding Remarks
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