“The Great Wave off Kanagawa”, color woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). First publication: between 1826 and 1833. Current location Library of Congress. Photo source: ©© Wikipedia
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Previous earthquakes that rivalled the March 2011 Tohoku tremor in size may be recorded in sediment samples just recovered from the seafloor off Japan.
A team of German, Swiss and Japanese scientists travelled along the east coast of Japan from 8 March to 6 April this year, to map and sample the seafloor.
The initial results to come out of the March/April cruise on the Sonne research vessel, were presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) meeting in Vienna, Austria…
Japan Tsunami Holds Lessons for Pacific Northwest
Thinking outside the rocks in the search for ancient earthquakes
