Rapid forearc basin uplift and megasplay fault development from 3D seismic images of Nankai Margin off Kii Peninsula, Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 55-62

  Gulick, Sean P S ^a   Bangs, Nathan L B ^a   Moore, Gregory F ^b   Ashi, Juichiro ^c   Martin, Kylara M ^a   Sawyer, Dale S ^d   Tobin, Harold J ^e   Kuramoto, Shin'ichi ^f   Taira, Asahiko ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D seismic; Forearc basin; Megasplay fault; Nankai Trough; Out of sequence thrust; Subduction

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; FORE-ARC BASIN; MEGASPLAY FAULT; NANKAI TROUGH; OUT-OF-SEQUENCE THRUST; SUBDUCTION;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAULT; FOREARC BASIN; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC METHOD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI;

EID: 78149497009     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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