Distributed strike-slip faulting, block rotation and possible intracrustal vertical decoupling in the convergent zone of SW Japan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 227, Issue , 2004, Pages 141-165

  Fabbri, Olivier ^a   Iwamura, Kazumasa ^b   Matsunaga, Satoshi ^c   Coromina, Guilhem ^a   Kanaori, Yuji ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b Iwakuni High School   (Japan)

^c Nissaku Co   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; COUPLING; LITHOSPHERE; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 5544262772     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.227.01.08     Document Type: Article

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