Manifestation of the 2011 Great Tohoku Tsunami on the Coast of the Kuril Islands: A Tsunami with Ice

The tsunami generated by the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ( M w = 9.0) reached maximum heights of about 5 m along the coast of the Kuril Islands. The most essential feature of this event was sea ice about 0.5 m thick moved by the ocean water. The tsunami did not cause any essential damage on the Kuril Is...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pure and applied geophysics 2013-06, Vol.170 (6-8), p.1103-1114
Hauptverfasser:	Kaistrenko, Victor, Razjigaeva, Nadezhda, Kharlamov, Andrey, Shishkin, Alexander
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Coastal environments Coastal zone Coasts Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Earthquakes Geophysics Geophysics/Geodesy Ice Islands Marine Oceans Sea ice Seismic activity Tidal waves Tsunamis
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Zusammenfassung:	The tsunami generated by the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ( M w = 9.0) reached maximum heights of about 5 m along the coast of the Kuril Islands. The most essential feature of this event was sea ice about 0.5 m thick moved by the ocean water. The tsunami did not cause any essential damage on the Kuril Islands, but significantly affected coastal zones and produced interesting effects. The problem of a tsunami accompanied by marine ice is discussed and illustrated with photos.
ISSN:	0033-4553 1420-9136
DOI:	10.1007/s00024-012-0546-9