A model of late Cenozoic transcurrent motion and deformation in the fore-arc of northeast Japan: Constraints from geophysical studies

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 117-129

  Itoh, Yasuto ^a   Tsuru, Tetsuro ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Convergent margin; Northeast Japan; Paleomagnetism; Seismic interpretation; Subduction erosion; Transcurrent fault

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEFORMATION; EROSION; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; JAPAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SUBDUCTION EROSION; TRANSCURRENT FAULT;

SEISMOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; PALEOMAGNETISM; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33747331952     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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