Analytical solution for time-dependent shoreline position response to the tectonic recovery process in the Sendai Plain, Japan, after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
(2021) In Continental Shelf Research 231.- Abstract
The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 triggered not only giant tsunami waves, but also caused significant land subsidence followed by land rise in the Sendai Coastal Plain areas. These impacts resulted in severe damages to the coastal infrastructure and induced coastal morphology changes along Japan's northeast coast. It was observed that the maximum downward deformation in the Sendai Coastal Plain was initially about - 0.3 m. Immediately after the earthquake, the land started to rise and it has already recovered back to its original position at some locations after 10 years. Thus, the high-quality measured beach profile data sets after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake are valuable for exploring the impact of sea level rise... (More)
The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 triggered not only giant tsunami waves, but also caused significant land subsidence followed by land rise in the Sendai Coastal Plain areas. These impacts resulted in severe damages to the coastal infrastructure and induced coastal morphology changes along Japan's northeast coast. It was observed that the maximum downward deformation in the Sendai Coastal Plain was initially about - 0.3 m. Immediately after the earthquake, the land started to rise and it has already recovered back to its original position at some locations after 10 years. Thus, the high-quality measured beach profile data sets after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake are valuable for exploring the impact of sea level rise (SLR) on shoreline position evolution, since the bed level change is inversely related to the sea level rise process. The data also provide a unique opportunity to evaluate the Equilibrium Beach Profile (EBP) theory and validate the Bruun concept. In the present study, a new simple analytical solution for time-dependent shoreline position response to the tectonic recovery process is developed based on the convolution method. The model results are able to predict the time-dependent shoreline evolution, including the maximum potential response and the characteristic erosion time scale at which the profile evolves towards a new equilibrium state.
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- Tinh, Nguyen Xuan ; Tanaka, Hitoshi and Larson, Magnus LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-12-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Analytical solution, Bruun rule, Equilibrium beach profile, Sea level rise, Shoreline change, Tectonic movement
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- Continental Shelf Research
- volume
- 231
- article number
- 104603
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:85118546971
- ISSN
- 0278-4343
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.csr.2021.104603
- language
- English
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- yes
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- Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
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abstract = {{<p>The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 triggered not only giant tsunami waves, but also caused significant land subsidence followed by land rise in the Sendai Coastal Plain areas. These impacts resulted in severe damages to the coastal infrastructure and induced coastal morphology changes along Japan's northeast coast. It was observed that the maximum downward deformation in the Sendai Coastal Plain was initially about - 0.3 m. Immediately after the earthquake, the land started to rise and it has already recovered back to its original position at some locations after 10 years. Thus, the high-quality measured beach profile data sets after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake are valuable for exploring the impact of sea level rise (SLR) on shoreline position evolution, since the bed level change is inversely related to the sea level rise process. The data also provide a unique opportunity to evaluate the Equilibrium Beach Profile (EBP) theory and validate the Bruun concept. In the present study, a new simple analytical solution for time-dependent shoreline position response to the tectonic recovery process is developed based on the convolution method. The model results are able to predict the time-dependent shoreline evolution, including the maximum potential response and the characteristic erosion time scale at which the profile evolves towards a new equilibrium state.</p>}},
author = {{Tinh, Nguyen Xuan and Tanaka, Hitoshi and Larson, Magnus}},
issn = {{0278-4343}},
keywords = {{Analytical solution; Bruun rule; Equilibrium beach profile; Sea level rise; Shoreline change; Tectonic movement}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{12}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
series = {{Continental Shelf Research}},
title = {{Analytical solution for time-dependent shoreline position response to the tectonic recovery process in the Sendai Plain, Japan, after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104603}},
doi = {{10.1016/j.csr.2021.104603}},
volume = {{231}},
year = {{2021}},
}