Enigmatic, highly active left-lateral shear zone in southwest Japan explained by aseismic ridge collision

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-146

  Wallace, Laura M ^a   Ellis, Susan ^a   Miyao, Kayo ^b   Miura, Satoshi ^b   Beavan, John ^a   Goto, Junichi ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; FAULT ZONE; FOREARC; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GROUND SURFACES; LATERAL SHEAR; NUMERICAL MODELING; RIDGE SUBDUCTION; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTING PLATE; WESTERN PACIFIC;

TECTONICS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACTIVE FAULT; COLLISION ZONE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 69649093912     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25221A.1     Document Type: Article

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