Strain accumulation process around the Atotsugawa fault system in the Niigata-Kobe Tectonic Zone, central Japan

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 977-990

  Ohzono, M ^a   Sagiya, T ^b   Hirahara, K ^c   Hashimoto, M ^c   Takeuchi, A ^d   Hoso, Y ^c   Wada, Y ^c   Onoue, K ^c   Ohya, F ^c   Doke, R ^d,e  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^e Geoscience Research Laboratory Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

High strain deformation zones; Space geodetic surveys

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BLOCK MODELS; BLOCK MOTION; DENSE GPS ARRAY; ELASTIC STRAIN; FAULT MODEL; FAULT STRIKE; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT ZONE; GPS VELOCITY FIELD; HETEROGENEOUS DEFORMATION; HIGH SHEAR; HIGH STRAIN DEFORMATION; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; RELATIVE MOTION; SLIP RATES; SPACE GEODETIC SURVEYS; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; SURFACE FAULTS; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY PROFILES;

CREEP; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; SURVEYS; TECTONICS;

STRAIN RATE;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT SLIP; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ATOTSUGAWA FAULT ZONE; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 79951568077     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04876.x     Document Type: Article

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