Co-seismic frictional melting along an out-of-sequence thrust in the Shimanto accretionary complex. Implications on the tsunamigenic potential of splay faults in modern subduction zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 330-343

  Mukoyoshi, Hideki ^a   Sakaguchi, Arito ^b   Otsuki, Kenshiro ^c   Hirono, Tetsuro ^b   Soh, Wonn ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fault rocks; out of sequence thrust; paleogeothermal structure; pseudotachylyte; Shimanto accretionary complex; vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

FAULT ROCKS; OUT-OF SEQUENCE THRUST; PALEOGEOTHERMAL STRUCTURE; PSEUDOTACHYLYTE; SHIMANTO ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TSUNAMIGENIC POTENTIAL; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; THERMOANALYSIS; TSUNAMIS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FAULTING; FOREARC BASIN; FRICTION; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SHIMANTO BELT;

EID: 33646022832     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.039     Document Type: Article

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