Alignment of historical and natural records. (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Alignment of historical and natural records.

Caption

The team converted the radiocarbon dates to years and compared how the hidden history of natural events at different depths along the core compared to recorded incidents of major earthquakes dating back to 1498.

Credit

A. Omura, Y. Yokoyama, S. Hirabayashi et al. 2026/ Radiocarbon

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