Mid-crustal horizontal shear zone in the forearc region of the mid-Cretaceous SW Japan arc, inferred from strain analysis of rocks within the Ryoke metamorphic belt

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-44

  Okudaira, Takamoto ^a   Beppu, Yuki ^a   Yano, Ryosuke ^a   Tsuyama, Mio ^a   Ishii, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Detachment fault; Forearc; Median Tectonic Line; Mid crustal horizontal shear zone; Ryoke metamorphic belt; Strain analysis; SW Japan arc

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOREARC BASIN; PLANE STRAIN; PULL APART BASIN; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TECTONOPHYSICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MEDIAN TECTONIC LINE; RYOKE BELT;

EID: 61449231563     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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