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Fig. 7

From: Deep-sea bottom-water environment change caused by sediment resuspension on the continental slope off Sanriku, Japan, before and after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake

Fig. 7

Schematic simple box model in the bottom water and the surface sediment at the upper Sanriku slope. “x” is the thickness of surface sediments resuspended by the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and aftershocks. “a” is the area at the upper Sanriku slope [m2], and “h” is the thickness of bottom water affected by surface sediment resuspension due to the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and aftershock

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