Recent progress in tsunami deposit investigations in Taiwan
Abstract Identifying deposits of modern/historical and prehistorical tsunamis in Taiwan has been successful in the past two decades and has substantially increased the extant tsunami catalogs, which have been limited in the past four centuries due to scarce and ambiguous historical accounts. In this...
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| author | Neng-Ti Yu Jiun-Yee Yen Shyh-Jeng Chyi Cheng-Hao Lu Nobuhisa Matta Matsuta I-Chin Yen |
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| description | Abstract Identifying deposits of modern/historical and prehistorical tsunamis in Taiwan has been successful in the past two decades and has substantially increased the extant tsunami catalogs, which have been limited in the past four centuries due to scarce and ambiguous historical accounts. In this review, the initiation of the investigation is briefly discussed, partly in response to the latest catastrophic tsunamis in the Indo-Pacific and the stimulated public concern in Taiwan. Major developments and results of the investigation include the onset of the first stage before 2010, with findings in Keelung, the eastern coast, and Lanyu Island, and the second/ongoing stage after 2013, with findings in the northern and eastern coasts and Penghu Islands. These findings contributed to validating the debated historical events, expanding the event number and time span of the tsunami catalog, and elaborating on tsunami processes, which collectively enabled the delineation of the recurrence time intervals between events. Limitations, uncertainty, further contributions, and feedback are discussed including insights into the regional western Pacific hazards of tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions; the principles of recognizing tsunami deposits and processes; and the propositions of future studies and hazard mitigations in Taiwan. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e9da8888e46e4ba2b16d6c1e10c3f5ee2025-01-19T12:26:16ZengSpringerTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences1017-08392311-76802025-01-0136111810.1007/s44195-024-00084-4Recent progress in tsunami deposit investigations in TaiwanNeng-Ti Yu0Jiun-Yee Yen1Shyh-Jeng Chyi2Cheng-Hao Lu3Nobuhisa Matta Matsuta4I-Chin Yen5Center for General Education, National Tsing Hua UniversityDepartment of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa UniversityDepartment of Geography, National Kaohsiung Normal UniversityDepartment of Tourism and Leisure, National Penghu University of Science and TechnologyGraduate School of Education, Okayama UniversityGraduate Institute of Applied Geology, National Central UniversityAbstract Identifying deposits of modern/historical and prehistorical tsunamis in Taiwan has been successful in the past two decades and has substantially increased the extant tsunami catalogs, which have been limited in the past four centuries due to scarce and ambiguous historical accounts. In this review, the initiation of the investigation is briefly discussed, partly in response to the latest catastrophic tsunamis in the Indo-Pacific and the stimulated public concern in Taiwan. Major developments and results of the investigation include the onset of the first stage before 2010, with findings in Keelung, the eastern coast, and Lanyu Island, and the second/ongoing stage after 2013, with findings in the northern and eastern coasts and Penghu Islands. These findings contributed to validating the debated historical events, expanding the event number and time span of the tsunami catalog, and elaborating on tsunami processes, which collectively enabled the delineation of the recurrence time intervals between events. Limitations, uncertainty, further contributions, and feedback are discussed including insights into the regional western Pacific hazards of tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions; the principles of recognizing tsunami deposits and processes; and the propositions of future studies and hazard mitigations in Taiwan.https://doi.org/10.1007/s44195-024-00084-4Tsunami depositCatalog updateRecurrence intervalInundation magnitudeFuture study |
| spellingShingle | Neng-Ti Yu Jiun-Yee Yen Shyh-Jeng Chyi Cheng-Hao Lu Nobuhisa Matta Matsuta I-Chin Yen Recent progress in tsunami deposit investigations in Taiwan Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Tsunami deposit Catalog update Recurrence interval Inundation magnitude Future study |
| title | Recent progress in tsunami deposit investigations in Taiwan |
| title_full | Recent progress in tsunami deposit investigations in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Recent progress in tsunami deposit investigations in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent progress in tsunami deposit investigations in Taiwan |
| title_short | Recent progress in tsunami deposit investigations in Taiwan |
| title_sort | recent progress in tsunami deposit investigations in taiwan |
| topic | Tsunami deposit Catalog update Recurrence interval Inundation magnitude Future study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s44195-024-00084-4 |
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