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Deposits left by tsunamis from earthquakes in the Sea of Japan floor were identified for the first time on the coast of eastern Primorye. Data are presented on the definite coastal zones from Plastun Bay to Peschanaya Bay, Ol’ga Bay, and from Valentin Bay to Proselochnaya Bay. Historical and Late Holocene paleotsunamis, the traces of which were found in the sections, were presumably the larger scale events than known tsunamis of the 20th century. The grain-size composition of the tsunamigenic deposits was analyzed, their similarity with and difference from the other coastal-marine facies were established, and the source areas of the material were determined. The age of the events, the height of the wave runups, and the length of the flood zones on the coastal areas with different geomorphology were determined. The obtained data may serve as the first step for compiling a geological record of tsunamis for the northwestern Sea of Japan.
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Original Russian Text © L.A. Ganzey, N.G. Razjigaeva, Yu. Nishimura, T.A. Grebennikova, V.M. Kaistrenko, A.O. Gorbunov, Kh.A. Arslanov, S.B. Chernov, Yu.A. Naumov, 2015, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2015, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 80–96.
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Ganzey, L.A., Razjigaeva, N.G., Nishimura, Y. et al. Deposits of historical and paleotsunamis on the coast of eastern Primorye. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 9, 64–79 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714015010029
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