Research Project Assignment #2

Title: The 2011 Japanese Tsunami and its cause and effects on the
shores and wildlife of the Japanese coast.
Thesis: The Japanese Tsunami caused tremendous turmoil and
destructive damage to the coastal waters of Japan and its wildlife.
I.

Introduction
a.
Briefly describe The 2011 Japanese Tsunami and the
incident.
b.
Thesis: The Japanese Tsunami caused tremendous
turmoil and destructive damage to the coastal waters of
Japan and its wildlife.
II.
Background
a. Describe what a tsunami is.
A. Tsunami is a series of large sea waves created by an
underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption.
b. The time stamp, when and where the tsunami happened.
A. March 11, 2011 evening. Japans eastern coast.
b.
Discuss the well-known, major impacts on how the
tsunami had on the world.
III.
How the tsunami became.
a. Earthquake.
A. Magnitude 9 earthquake
1. Largest earthquake to hit Japan. Fourth
largest in the world.
2. March 11, 2011. 2:46 pm Local Japanese
time. 231 miles northeast of Tokyo where
the depth of the ocean was 15.2 miles.
3. The Japan Trench and its slippage.
B. Clays involvement.
1. How layers of clay greased the Pacific plate,
which is being pulled down by the North
American plate.
b.
Tsunami
A. 132 ft. maximum height.
1. Largest to ever hit Japan
2. Earthquake caused tsunami.
IV.
The after effects of the Tsunami
a. The effect on land and the people of Japan
A. How does it impact food sources?
1. Coastal seafood casualty
B. How the Japanese are coping with the natural
disaster?

1. Death toll: 15884 confirmed as of Feb 10,

2014.
C. Nuclear disaster.
1. Damage cost: 25 trillion yen.
2. Energy Shortage
D. The effect around the surrounding waters and plate
tectonics.
V.
The after effects on fish and wild marine life of the area.
A. What conditions the tsunami left the coastal
waters in its wake.
B. Casualties
C. The present day conditions
a. How are the plates and coastal areas?
b.
How is the marine life coping?
VII.
Conclusion
a.
Review thesis
b.
Provide date stamp.
c.
Provide conclusion of the natural disaster.

national geographic.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/the-2011-japan-tsunamiwas-caused-by-largest-fault-slip-ever-recorded/
title: The 2011 Japan Tsunami Was Caused By Largest Fault Slip
Ever Recorded
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livescience.com

http://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunamifacts.html

title: Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Information

- cnn
-http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/world/asia/japan-earthquake--tsunami-fast-facts/

- 2011 Japan Earthquake - Tsunami Fast Facts

noaa
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/honshu_11mar2011.shtml

title: Great Tohoku, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, 11 March 2011

article: taylor francis online.

2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami data available
from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration/National Geophysical Data Center
Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk
Volume 2, Issue 4, 2011

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19475705.2011.63244
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DOI:
10.1080/19475705.2011.632443
Paula Dunbar

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, Heather McCullough , George Mungov , Jesse Varner & Kelly Stroker

pages 305-323
Publishing models and article dates explained

Received: 11 Oct 2011

Accepted: 12 Oct 2011

Published online: 11 Nov 2011

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