Quaternary strike-slip crustal deformation around an active fault based on paleomagnetic analysis: A case study of the Enako fault in central Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 321-334

  Kimura, Haruo ^a   Itoh, Yasuto ^b   Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active fault; Paleomagnetism; Shear zone; Strike slip fault; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 5044235041     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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