TY - CHAP
T1 - Investigating the 2011 Tsunami Impact on the Teizan Canal and the Old River Mouth in Sendai Coast. Miyagi Prefecture; Japan
AU - Adityawan, Mohammad Bagus
AU - Tanaka, Hitoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Sendai Office of River and National Highway, Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport for the valuable DEM topographic data. In addition, the video recording taken from the helicopter was provided by Tohoku Regional Development Bureau and the historical maps were provided by Miyagi Prefectural Archives and Sendai City Museum.
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This study investigates the effect of old river mouth and the Teizan Canal to the 2011 tsunami at Arahama and Akaiko, both part of Sendai Coast, Japan. At both locations, the Teizan Canal is situated parallel to the shoreline. This canal affected the tsunami inundation as well as the return flow, effectively draining the water back to the sea. In addition, there were old river mouths, which have been closed for many years in these locations. Nevertheless, the return flow of the 2011 tsunami caused the breaching of the sandy coast at the old river mouth locations. A detail topography analysis was carried out based on DEM data. The topography data show that this area is a river basin with mild slope towards the old river mouth location. The data was further analyzed by performing a flow accumulation analysis using GIS. The results confirm that the topographical features in both locations caused the flow to accumulate through the local channel and canal towards the locations of the old river mouth, which caused the breaching.
AB - This study investigates the effect of old river mouth and the Teizan Canal to the 2011 tsunami at Arahama and Akaiko, both part of Sendai Coast, Japan. At both locations, the Teizan Canal is situated parallel to the shoreline. This canal affected the tsunami inundation as well as the return flow, effectively draining the water back to the sea. In addition, there were old river mouths, which have been closed for many years in these locations. Nevertheless, the return flow of the 2011 tsunami caused the breaching of the sandy coast at the old river mouth locations. A detail topography analysis was carried out based on DEM data. The topography data show that this area is a river basin with mild slope towards the old river mouth location. The data was further analyzed by performing a flow accumulation analysis using GIS. The results confirm that the topographical features in both locations caused the flow to accumulate through the local channel and canal towards the locations of the old river mouth, which caused the breaching.
KW - Breaching
KW - Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011
KW - River mouth
KW - Teizan Canal
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-28528-3_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-28528-3_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85077014128
T3 - Coastal Research Library
SP - 125
EP - 136
BT - Coastal Research Library
PB - Springer
ER -