Rupturing in overpressured crust during compressional inversion-the case from NE Honshu, Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 473, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 404-416

  Sibson, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compressional inversion; Earthquakes; Failure mechanics; Fluid overpressure; Reverse faults

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPRESSIONAL; COMPRESSIONAL INVERSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FAILURE MECHANICS; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT-VALVE; FLUID DISCHARGE; FLUID PRESSURES; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEODETIC STRAIN; GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE; HETEROGENEOUS FLUIDS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMALLY; LATE PLIOCENE; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; MAGMATIC ARCS; MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS; MAIN SHOCK; MIOCENE; NEO GENES; NORMAL FAULTS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREFAILURE; REVERSE FAULTING; REVERSE FAULTS; RUPTURE ZONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; TIME-DEPENDENT CHANGES; UPPER CRUST;

CAVITY RESONATORS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE; FRICTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; REFLECTION; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMOGRAPHS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FLUIDS;

AFTERSHOCK; COMPRESSION; CRUST; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLUID PRESSURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; OVERPRESSURE; PLIOCENE; REVERSE FAULT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBDUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 67650409774     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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