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    Late Holocene uplift of the Izu Islands on the northern Zenisu Ridge off Central Japan

    Kitamura A, Imai T, Mitsui Y, Ito M, Miyairi Y, Yokoyama Y, Tokuda Y

    Emerged marine sessile assemblage, 14C date, Holocene, Niijima, Shikinejima, Kouzushima

    (a) Spatio-temporal distribution of great earthquakes along the Nankai, Suruga, and Sagami troughs, showing uplift events 1–3 of Izu Islands (This study). (b) Distribution of inundation heights (m) for the Meio earthquake. The hatched area indicates the source area of the Meio earthquake (Hatori 1975). (c) Map of the study area and Zenisu Ridge. The submarine fault between Shimoda and Mikomotojima is after Kitamura et al. (2015).

    To clarify the Holocene uplift history of the Izu Islands, Japan, we analyze the elevations and 14C ages of emerged sessile assemblages measured by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) on the islands of Niijima, Jinaijima, Shikinejima, and Kouzushima, on the northern Zenisu Ridge. The results suggest that uplift events took place after AD 1950 (uplift event 1), during AD 786–1891 (uplift event 2), during AD 600–1165 (uplift event 3), and during AD 161–686 (uplift event 4), although uplift events 3 and 4 are identified only at Kouzushima. The minimum amount of uplift was estimated to be 0.4–0.9 m in uplift event 1, 2.4–2.7 m in uplift event 2, 3.6 m in uplift event 3, and 3.3–8.1 m in uplift event 4. These events could have been caused by volcanic activity or strong earthquakes. There also remains the possibility that uplift event 2 was caused by the AD 1498 Meio earthquake; in contrast to the previous interpretation, the ages of uplift events are significantly older than the earthquake, based on conventional (non-AMS) methods.