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Large-scale landslides in Toyama Prefecture,central Japan,and their probable relationship with earthquakes |
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| Authors: | Satoru Kojima Tamotsu Nozaki Hidehisa Nagata Ryota Tanahashi Ryoich Kondo Noriaki Okamura Kazuhiro Suzuki Akiko Ikeda Toshio Nakamura Tomoyuki Ohtani |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Civil Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan 2. Nozaki EG Consulting, Kawasaki, 212-0025, Japan 3. Fusuido Ltd., Ohbu, 474-0022, Japan 4. Center for Chronological Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan |
| Abstract: | Large-scale landslides along the Kubusu and Besso rivers in Toyama Prefecture are developed in the Miocene Iwaine Formation, which is composed of andesitic lava, tuff, and tuff breccia. In the middle member of this formation, the tuff is easily altered to montmorillonite-bearing rock, and subsequently plays an important role in the development of landslides events, which tend to be large-scale events, as the massive lava of the upper member forms a cap rock over the tuff. The Kiritani and Koinami basins, which are flat intermontane basins located along the Kubusu and Besso rivers, respectively, are interpreted as landslide-dammed lakes, later filled with sediment. Accelerator mass spectrometry 14C ages show that the landslides forming each dam occurred simultaneously, at approximately 2500 BP. These ages were measured from wood fragments embedded in the landslide material of Kiritani, and from an in situ stump drowned during the impoundment of Koinami. If the trigger of these landslides was an earthquake, it is most likely to have been the penultimate event along the Atotsugawa fault zone. |
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