Characteristics of sediments and their dispersal systems along the shelf and slope of an active forearc margin, eastern Hokkaido, northern Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 341-364

  Noda, Atsushi ^a   TuZino, Taqumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Budget; Composition; Grain size; Japan; Sediments; Shelf; Slope

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOREARC BASIN; GRAIN SIZE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS MOVEMENT; PACIFIC PLATE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEXTURE; TRANSPRESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KURIL TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34848871293     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

References (91)

1. Amemiya K., and Tajika J. Slope movements caused by the three large earthquakes of Hokkaido, 1993-1994. Journal of Japan Landslide Society 35 4 (1999) 26-33 (in Japanese with English abstract)
2. Atwater B.F., Furukawa R.H.E., Ikeda Y., Kashima K., Kawase K., Kelsey H.M., Moore A.L., Nanayama F., Nishimura Y., Odagiri S., Ota Y., Park S.-C., Satake K., Sawai Y., and Shimokawa K. Seventeenth-century uplift in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. The Holocene 14 (2004) 487-501
3. Cacchione D.A., and Drake D.E. Nepheloid layers and internal waves over continental shelves and slopes. Geo-Marine Letters 6 (1986) 147-152
4. Dalrymple R.W., Zaitlin B.A., and Boyd R. Estuarine facies models; conceptual basis and stratigraphic implications. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 62 (1992) 1130-1146
5. Damuth J.E. Use of high-frequency (3.5-12 kHz) echograms in the study of near-bottom sedimentation processes in the deep-sea: a review. Marine Geology 38 (1980) 51-75
6. DeMets C., Gordon R.G., Argus D.F., and Stein S. Current plate motions. Geophysical Journal International 101 (1990) 425-478
7. DeMets C., Gordon R.G., Argus D.F., and Stein S. Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions. Geophysical Research Letters 21 (1994) 2191-2194
8. Doyle L.J., Pilkey O.H., and Woo C.C. Sedimentation on the eastern United States continental slope. In: Doyle L.J., and Pilkey O.H. (Eds). Geology of Continental Slopes. SEPM Special Publication vol. 27 (1979), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Tulsa, OK, United States 119-129
9. Durrieu de Madron X., Nyffeler F., and Godet C.H. Hydrographic structure and nepheloid spatial distribution in the Gulf of Lions continental margin. Continental Shelf Research 10 (1990) 915-929
10. Edwards B.D. Variations in sediment texture on the northern Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary continental shelf. Marine Geology 181 (2002) 83-100
11. Ercilla G., and Alonso B. Quaternary siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy of western Mediterranean passive and tectonically active margins; the role of global versus local controlling factors. In: de Batist M., and Jacobs P. (Eds). Geology of Siliciclastic Shelf Seas. Geological Society Special Publications vol. 117 (1996), Geological Society, London 125-137
12. Field M.E., Gardner J.V., and Prior D.B. Geometry and significance of stacked gullies on the northern California slope. Marine Geology 154 (1999) 271-286
13. Fitch T.J. Plate convergence, transcurrent faults, and internal deformation adjacent to southeast Asia and the western Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research 77 (1972) 4432-4460
14. Folk R.L., and Ward W.C. Brazons River bar: a study in the significance of grain size parameters. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 27 (1957) 3-26
15. Foster G., and Carter L. Mud sedimentation on the continental shelf at an accretionary margin; Poverty Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 40 2 (1997) 157-173
16. Furukawa R., and Nanayama F. Holocene pyroclastic fall deposits along the Pacific coastal region of eastern Hokkaido. Bulletin of Volcanological Society of Japan 51 6 (2006) 351-371 (in Japanese with English abstract)
17. Geist E.L., Childs J.R., and Scholl D.W. The origin of summit basins of the Aleutian Ridge; implications for block rotation of an arc massif. Tectonics 7 2 (1988) 327-341
18. Hampton M.A., Lee H.J., and Locat J. Submarine landslides. Reviews of Geophysics 34 (1996) 33-59
19. Hicks D.M., Gomez B., and Trustrum N.A. Erosion thresholds and suspended sediment yields, Waipaoa River Basin, New Zealand. Water Resources Research 36 (2000) 1129-1143
20. Hirata K., Geist E.L., Satake K., Tanioka Y., and Yamaki S. Slip distribution of the 1952 Tokachi-Oki earthquake (M 8.1) along the Kuril trench deduced from tsunami waveform inversion. Journal of Geophysical Research 108 B4 (2003) 10.1029/2002JB001976
21. Hubbard D.K., Oertel G., and Nummedal D. The role of waves and tidal currents in the development of tidal-inlet sedimentary structures and sand body geometry; examples from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 49 (1979) 1073-1091
22. Ikehara K., Ohkushi K., Shibahara A., and Hoshiba M. Change of bottom water conditions at intermediate depths of the Oyashio region, NW Pacific over the past 20 000 yrs. Global and Planetary Change 53 1-2 (2006) 78-91
23. Isoguchi O., Kawamura H., and Kono T. A study on wind-driven circulation in the subarctic North Pacific using the TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data. Journal of Geophysical Research 102 (1997) 12457-12468
24. Ito T., Yoshioka S., and Miyazaki S. Interplate coupling in northeast Japan deduced from inversion analysis of GPS data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 176 (2000) 117-130
25. Kanamori H. Synthesis of long-period surface waves and its application to earthquake source studies- Kurile Islands earthquake of October 13, 1963. Journal of Geophysical Research 75 (1970) 5011-5027
26. Kasahara K. Aseismic faulting following the 1973 Nemuro-oki earthquake, Hokkaido, Japan (a possibility). Pure and Applied Geophysics 113 1 (1975) 127-139
27. Kasahara K., and Kato T. Aseismic faulting following the 1973 Nemuro-oki earthquake, Hokkaido, Japan (a retrospective study). Pure and Applied Geophysics 119 (1981) 392-403
28. Katsui, Y., 1962. Explanatory text of the geological map of Japan, Kutcharo (scale 1:50000). Hokkaido Development Agency, 42pp. (in Japanese with English abstract).
29. Keen T.R., Ko D.S., Slingerland R.L., Riedlinger S., and Flynn P. Potential transport pathways of terrigenous material in the Gulf of Papua. Geophysical Research Letters 33 L04608 (2006) 10.1029/2005GL025416
30. Kikuchi M., and Fukao Y. Inversion of long-period P-waves from great earthquakes along subduction zones. Tectonophysics 144 1-3 (1987) 231-247
31. Kiminami K. Sedimentary petrography of the Nemuro Group. Chikyu Kagaku (Earth Science) 33 3 (1979) 152-162 (in Japanese with English abstract)
32. Kiminami K. Sedimentary history of the late Cretaceous-Paleocene Nemuro Group, Hokkaido, Japan: a forearc basin of the Paleo-Kuril arc-trench system. The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 89 (1983) 607-624
33. Kimura G., and Tamaki K. Collision, rotation and back-arc spreading in the region of the Okhotsk and Japan seas. Tectonics 5 (1986) 389-401
34. Kineke G.C., Woolfe K.J., Kuehl S.A., Milliman J.D., Dellapenna T.M., and Purdon R.G. Sediment export from the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea; evidence for a divergent sediment plume. Continental Shelf Research 20 (2000) 2239-2266
35. Kuhn G., and Weber M.E. Acoustic characterization of sediments by parasound and 3.5 kHz systems: related sedimentary processes on the southeastern Weddell Sea continental slope, Antarctica. Marine Geology 113 (1993) 201-217
36. Kumon F., and Kiminami K. Model and chemical compositions of the representative sandstones from the Japanese Islands and their tectonic implications. In: Kumon F., and Yu K.M. (Eds). Proceedings of the 29th International Geological Congress, Part A (1994), VSP BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands 135-151
37. Kuroyanagi A., Kawahata H., Narita H., Ohkushi K., and Aramaki T. Reconstruction of paleoenvironmental changes based on the planktonic foraminiferal assemblages off Shimokita (Japan) in the northwestern North Pacific. Global and Planetary Change 53 1-2 (2006) 92-107
38. Lee H.J., and Edward B.D. Redional method to assess offshore slope stability. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 112 (1986) 489-509
39. Lewis K.B. Sediments on the continental shelf and slope between Napier and Castlepoint, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7 3 (1973) 183-208
40. Maeda Y., Nakada M., Matsumoto E., and Matsuda I. Crustal tilting derived from Holocene sea-level observations along the east coast of Hokkaido in Japan and upper mantle rheology. Geophysical Research Letters 19 (1992) 857-860
41. Maritime Safety Agency, 1987. Basic Map of the Sea in Coastal Waters (1:50,000), Hanasaki, Tokyo, Japan.
42. Maritime Safety Agency, 1998. Basic Map of the Sea in Coastal Waters (1:50,000), Akkeshi, Tokyo, Japan.
43. Maritime Safety Agency, 1999. Basic Map of the Sea in Coastal Waters (1:50,000), Kiritappu, Tokyo, Japan.
44. McCaffrey R., and Nabelek J. Role of oblique convergence in the active deformation of the Himalayas and southern Tibet Plateau. Geology 26 8 (1998) 691-694
45. McCave I.N. Transport and escape of fine-grained sediment from shelf areas. In: Swift D.J.P., Duane D.B., and Pilkey O.H. (Eds). Shelf Sediment Transport: Process and Pattern (1972), Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Stroudsburg, PA, United States 225-248
46. McGrail D.W., and Carnes M. Shelfedge dynamics and the nepheloid layer in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In: Stanley D.J., and Moore G.T. (Eds). The Shelfbreak; Critical Interface on Continental Margins. SEPM Special Publication vol. 33 (1983), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Tulsa, OK, United States 251-264
47. Miller M.C., McCave I.N., and Komar P.D. Threshold of sediment motion under unidirectional currents. Sedimentology 24 (1977) 507-527
48. Milliman J.D., and Syvitski J.P.M. Geomorphic/tectonic control of sediment discharge to the ocean; the importance of small mountainous rivers. Journal of Geology 100 (1992) 525-544
49. Narita H., Sato M., Tsunogai S., and Murayama M. Biogenic opal indicating less productive northwestern North Pacific during the glacial ages. Geophysical Research Letters 29 22 (2002) 10.1029/2001GL014320
50. Naruse H. Cretaceous to Paleocene depositional history of North-Pacific subduction zone; reconstruction from the Nemuro Group, eastern Hokkaido, Northern Japan. Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 55-71
51. In: Nittrouer C.A. (Ed). The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata. Marine Geology vol. 154 (1999), Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands (NLD) 420pp.
52. Noda A., Katayama H., and Ikehara K. Surface sediments off Tokachi. In: Okamura Y. (Ed). Marine Geological and Geophysical Studies on the Collision Zone of Kurile and Northeast Japan Arcs-Off Tokachi Area- Preliminary Reports on Researches in the 2002 Fiscal Year. GSJ Interim Report vol. 26 (2003), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST 54-67 (in Japanese)
53. Noda A., Tsujino T., Furukawa R., and Yoshimoto N. Character, provenance, and recurrence intervals of Holocene turbidites in the Kushiro Submarine Canyon, eastern Hokkaido forearc, Japan. The Memoirs of the Geological Society of Japan 58 (2004) 123-135
54. Noda A., Katayama H., and Ikehara K. Paleoseismicity deduced from sediment cores in the submarine fan off Nemuro. In: Katayama H. (Ed). Marine Geological and Geophysical Studies on the Collision Zone of Kurile and Northeast Japan Arcs-Off Nemuro and Hidaka Area- Preliminary Reports on Researches in the 2004 Fiscal Year. GSJ Interim Report vol. 33 (2005), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST 84-97 (in Japanese)
55. Normark W.R., and Piper D.J.W. Initiation processes and flow evolution of turbidity currents; implications for the depositional record. In: Osborne R.H. (Ed). From Shoreline to Abyss; Contributions in Marine Geology in Honor of Francis Parker Shepard. SEPM Special Publication vol. 46 (1991), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Tulsa, OK, United States 207-230
56. Ohshima K.I., Wakatsuchi M., and Saitoh S. Velocity field of the Oyashio region observed with satellite-tracked surface drifters during 1999-2000. Journal of Oceanography 61 (2005) 845-855
57. Ohta Y., Umitsu M., and Matsushima Y. Recent Japanese research on relatice sea level changes in the Holocene and related problems- review of studies between 1980 and 1988. Daiyonki-Kenkyu (The Quaternary Research) 29 (1990) 31-48 (in Japanese with English abstract)
58. Ohtani K. To confirm again the characteristics of Oyashio. Bulletin of the Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute 55 (1991) 1-24 (in Japanese with English abstract)
59. Ohtsuka J. Constraint of sediment inputs into the Kushiro mire. Research Conference of National Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in the 2003 Fiscal Year (2003), Ministry of National Land, Infractructure, and Transport 8. http://www.mlit.go.jp/chosahokoku/h17giken/program/kadai/pdf/ippan/kan1-04.pdf http://www.mlit.go.jp/chosahokoku/h17giken/program/kadai/pdf/ippan/kan1-04.pdf, (in Japanese)
60. Okada H. Migration of ancient arc-trench systems. In: Dott R.J., and Shaver R.H. (Eds). Modern and Ancient Geosynclinal Sedimentation; Problems of palinspastic restoration. SEPM Special Publication vol. 19 (1974), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Tulsa, OK, United States 311-320
61. Okumura K. Quaternary tephra studies in the Hokkaido district, northern Japan. Daiyonki-Kenkyu (The Quaternary Research) 30 (1991) 379-390 (in Japanese with English abstract)
62. Okumura K. Tephrochronology, correlation, and deformation of marine terraces in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 31 (1996) 19-26
63. Orpin A.R. Holocene sediment deposition on the Poverty-slope margin by the muddy Waipaoa river, East Coast New Zealand. Marine Geology 209 (2004) 69-90
64. Orpin A.R., Alexander C., Carter L., Kuehl S., and Walsh J.P. Temporal and spatial complexity in post-glacial sedimentation on the tectonically active, Poverty Bay continental margin of New Zealand. Continental Shelf Research 26 (2006) 2205-2224
65. Pak H., and Zaneveld J.R.V. Bottom nepheloid layers and bottom mixed layers observed on the continental shelf off Oregon. Journal of Geophysical Research 82 (1977) 3921-3931
66. Pak H., Zaneveld J.R.V., and Kitchen J. Intermediate nepheloid layers observed off Oregon and Washington. Journal of Geophysical Research 85 (1980) 6697-6708
67. Pryor W.A. Permeability-porosity patterns and variations in some Holocene sand bodies. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 57 (1973) 162-189
68. Saito Y. Shelf sequence and characteristic bounding surfaces in a wave-dominated setting; latest Pleistocene-Holocene examples from Northeast Japan. Marine Geology 120 (1994) 105-127
69. Sasaki A., Kachi T., Sasaoka T., and Iguchi T. Stratigraphy of the Kisoshisui Tokachi-oki well-on the study of Miocene turbidite facies in eastern Hokkaido. Journal of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology 50 (1985) 53-63 (in Japanese with English abstract)
70. Sawai Y. Episodic emergence in the past 3000 years at the Akkeshi Estuary Hokkaido, northern Japan. Quaternary Research 56 (2001) 231-241
71. Seno T., Sakurai T., and Stein S. Can the Okhotsk plate be discriminated from the North American plate. Journal of Geophysical Research 101 (1996) 11305-11315
72. Shimazaki K. Nemuro-oki earthquake of June 17, 1973: a lithospheric rebound at the upper half of the interface. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 9 (1974) 314-327
73. Shiomoto A., Sasaki K., Shimoda T., and Matsumura S. Primary productivity in the offshore Oyashio in the spring and summer 1990. Journal of Oceanography 50 (1994) 209-222
74. Sommerfield C.K., and Lee H.J. Across-shelf sediment transport since the last glacial maximum, Southern California margin. Geology 32 4 (2004) 345-348
75. Sommerfield C.K., and Nittrouer C.A. Modern accumulation rates and a sediment budget for the Eel River shelf, USA; a flood-dominated depositional environment. Marine Geology 154 (1999) 227-241
76. Spinelli G.A., and Field M.E. Controls of tectonics and sediment source locations on along-strike variations in transgressive deposits on the northern California margin. Marine Geology 197 1-4 (2003) 35-47
77. Stanley D.J., Addy S.K., and Behrens E.W. The mudline; variability of its position relative to shelfbreak. In: Stanley D.J., and Moore G.T. (Eds). The Shelfbreak; Critical Interface on Continental Margins. SEPM Special Publication vol. 33 (1983), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Tulsa, OK, United States 279-298
78. Suda Y., Murata Y., Kikuchi T., and Hanaoka N. Physical Properties Data-Base System of Rocks (PROCK). Open File Report of Geological Survey of Japan vol. 155 (1991), Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba. http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/prock/welcomee.html 231pp., http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/prock/welcomee.html
79. Sugiura J. A note on current branches in the Oyashio area. Journal of Oceanography 12 4 (1956) 117-119 (in Japanese with English abstract)
80. Sunamura T. Coastal Cliff Erosion in Nii-Jima Island, Japan. In: Gardinar V. (Ed). International Geomorphology 1986, Part 2 (1987), Wiley, New York 1192-1212
81. Tada T., and Kimura G. Collision tectonic and crustal deformation at the southwestern margin of the Kuril Arc. Zisin 40 (1987) 197-204 (in Japanese with English abstract)
82. Tajika J., Fukami H., Okazaki N., Ozawa S., Endo Y., Kurosawa K., Ohtsu S., Ogino T., Ishimaru S., and Akita F. Ground failures and disasters caused by the 1993 Kushiro-Oki earthquake. Geological Survey of Hokkaido Special Report vol. 23 (1994), Geological Survey of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan 105pp., (in Japanese with English abstract)
83. Tajika J., Okamura T., Tsuboyama A., and Yamagishi H. Geologic control for deep-seated landslides along coastal slopes and their morphologic features; landslides in Kushiro-Akkeshi area, Hokkaido. Geological Survey of Hokkaido Special Report vol. 22 (1994), Geological Survey of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan 45pp., (in Japanese with English abstract)
84. TuZino T., Arai K., and Okamura Y. Seismic survey off Kushiro and Hidaka. In: Katayama H. (Ed). Marine Geological and Geophysical Studies on the Collision Zone of Kuril and Northeast Japan Arc-Off Kushiro and Hidaka Area- Preliminary Reports on Researches in the 2004 Fiscal Year. GSJ Interim Report vol. 30 (2004), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST 20-36 (in Japanese)
85. TuZino T., Arai K., and Okamura Y. Seismic survey off Cape Ochiishi and Cape Erimo. In: Katayama H. (Ed). Marine Geological and Geophysical Studies on the Collision Zone of Kuril and Northeast Japan Arc-Off Nemuro and Hidaka Area- Preliminary Reports on Researches in the 2004 Fiscal Year. GSJ Interim Report vol. 33 (2005), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST 23-31 (in Japanese)
86. Walsh J.P., and Nittrouer C.A. Observations of sediment flux to the Eel continental slope, Northern California. Marine Geology 154 (1999) 55-68
87. Walsh J.P., and Nittrouer C.A. Contrasting styles of off-shelf sediment accumulation in New Guinea. Marine Geology 196 (2003) 105-125
88. Yamaji A., Sakai T., Arai K., and Okamura Y. Unstable forearc stress in the eastern Nankai subduction zone for the last 2 million years. Tectonophysics 369 1-2 (2003) 103-120
89. Yamanaka Y., and Kikuchi M. Source processes of the recurrent Tokachi-oki earthquake on September 26, 2003, inferred from teleseismic body waves. Earth, Planets and Space 55 (2003) e21-e24
90. Yasuda I., Okuda K., and Shimizu Y. Distribution and modification of North Pacific Intermediate Water in the Kuroshio-Oyashio interfrontal zone. Journal of Physical Oceanography 26 (1996) 448-465
91. Zaitlin B., Dalrymple R., and Boyd R. The stratigraphic organization of incised-valley systems associated with relative sea-level change. In: Dalrymple B., Boyd R., and Zaitlin B. (Eds). Incised Valley Systems, Origin and Sedimentary Sequences. SEPM Special Publication vol. 51 (1994), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Tulsa, OK, United States 45-60