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Table 2 Diatom assemblage analysis results

From: Spatial distribution and sources of tsunami deposits in a narrow valley setting - insight from 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits in northeastern Japan

Sample name

Sediment type

Depth (cm)

Marine (%)

Brackish (%)

Marine-brackish (%)

Freshwater (%)

Unknown (%)

GPS7

Pond sediment

29–30

2.8

3.3

0.9

93.0

0.0

GPS12

Rice paddy soil

6.5–7.5

1.0

1.0

1.0

96.0

1.0

GPS21

Tsunami mud layer

0–6

2.9

6.8

2.0

87.8

0.5

GPS172

Tsunami mud layer

0–3

5.6

1.4

2.3

88.3

2.3

GPS182

Tsunami mud layer

0–2.5

1.9

1.4

0.5

94.7

1.4

GPS185-1

Tsunami mud layer

0–3

1.5

0.5

2.0

87.2

8.9

GPS185-2

Tsunami mud layer

3–9

5.3

2.4

1.4

90.3

0.5

GPS42

Tsunami mud drape

4–5

2.7

1.3

0.4

93.8

1.8

  1. Sampling site locations were shown in Figs. 1c and 8. Major species of each sample were shown in Additional file 1: Table S2. Diatom identification and habitat were based on methods described by Kosugi (1988) and Ando (1990)