Active right-lateral strike-slip fault zone along the southern margin of the Japan Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 351, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-314

  Itoh, Yasuto ^a   Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamamoto, Hirofumi ^c   Arato, Hiroyuki ^d  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d INPEX CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active fault zone; Japan Sea; Southwest Japan; Strike slip fault

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0036323041     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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