Structural restoration of thrusts at the toe of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism off Shikoku Island, Japan: Implications for dewatering processes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Moore, Gregory F ^a   Saffer, Demian ^b   Studer, Melody ^a   Costa Pisani, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dewatering; Nankai Trough; structural restoration

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; POROSITY; PRISMS; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; CROSS SECTIONAL PROFILES; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; HIGH RATE; INITIAL STAGES; INTERVAL VELOCITY; NANKAI TROUGH; POROSITY CHANGES; POROSITY REDUCTION; PRESTACK; SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; STRUCTURAL RESTORATION; WATER VOLUMES;

DEWATERING;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEWATERING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHIKOKU;

EID: 79957480798     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003453     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Ando, M. (1975), Source mechanisms and tectonic significance of historical earthquakes along the Nankai Trough, Japan, Tectonophysics, 27, 119-140, doi:10.1016/0040-1951 (75) 90102-X.
2. Aoki, Y., T. Tamano, and S. Kato (1982), Detailed structure of the Nankai Trough from migrated seismic sections, in Studies in Continental Margin Geology, edited by J. S. Watkins and C. L. Drake, AAPG Mem., 34, 309-322.
3. Aoki, Y., H. Kinoshita, and H. Kagami (1986), Evidence of a low-velocity layer beneath the accretionary prism of the Nankai Trough: Inferences from a synthetic sonic log, Initial Rep. Deep Sea Drill. Proj., 87, 727-735.
4. Bally, A. W., P. L. Gordy, and G. A. Stewart (1966), Structure, seismic data, and orogenic evolution of the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, Bull. Can. Pet. Geol., 14, 337-381.
5. Bangs, N. L., T. H. Shipley, S. P. S. Gulick, G. F. Moore, S. Kuromoto, and Y. Nakamura (2004), Evolution of the Nankai Trough décollement from the trench into the seismogenic zone: Inferences from three-dimensional seismic reflection imaging, Geology, 32, 273-276, doi:10.1130/G20211.2. (Pubitemid 38536489)
6. Bekins, B. A., and S. J. Dreiss (1992), A simplified analysis of parameters controlling dewatering in accretionary prisms, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 109, 275-287, doi:10.1016/0012-821X (92) 90092-A.
7. Bekins, B. A., and E. J. Screaton (2007), Pore pressure and fluid flow in the northern Barbados accretionary complex: A synthesis, in The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction Thrust Faults, edited by T. H. Dixon and J. C. Moore, pp. 148-170, Columbia Univ. Press, New York.
8. Bray, C. J., and D. E. Karig (1985), Porosity of sediments in accretionary prisms and some implications for dewatering processes, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 768-778, doi:10.1029/JB090iB01p00768. (Pubitemid 15457934)
9. Costa Pisani, P., M. Reshef, and G. Moore (2005), Targeted 3-D prestack depth imaging at Legs 190-196 ODP drill sites (Nankai Trough, Japan), Geophys. Res. Lett, 32, L20309, doi:10.1029/2005GL024191. (Pubitemid 41782700)
10. Dahlstrom, C. D. A. (1969), Balanced cross sections, Can. J. Earth Sci., 6, 743-757.
11. Davison, I. (1986), Listric normal fault profiles: Calculation using bed-length balance and fault displacement, J. Struct. Geol., 8, 209-210, doi:10.1016/0191-8141 (86) 90112-4. (Pubitemid 16518487)
12. Gulick, S. P., N. L. Bangs, T. H. Shipley, Y. Nakamura, G. Moore, and S. Kuramoto (2004), Three-dimensional architecture of the Nankai accretionary prism's imbricate thrust zone off Cape Muroto, Japan: Prism reconstruction via en echelon thrust propagation, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B02105, doi:10.1029/2003JB002654.
13. Henry, P., L. Jouniaux, E. J. Screaton, S. Hunze, and D. M. Saffer (2003), Anisotropy of electrical conductivity record of initial strain at the toe of the Nankai accretionary wedge, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B9), 2407, doi:10.1029/2002JB002287.
14. Hyndman, R. D., G. F. Moore, and K. Moran (1993), Velocity porosity and pore-fluid loss from the Nankai subduction zone accretionary prism, Proc. Ocean Drill. Program Sci. Results, 211-220. (Pubitemid 23394177)
15. Kimura, G., Y. Kitamura, Y. Hashimoto, A. Yamaguchi, T. Shibata, K. Ujiie, and S. Y. Okamoto (2007), Transition of accretionary wedge structures around the up-dip limit of the seismogenic subduction zone, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 255(3-4), 471-484, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.005. (Pubitemid 46323338)
16. Kodaira, S., N. Takahashi, J. O. Park, K. Mochizuki, M. Shinohara, and S. Kimura (2000), Western Nankai Trough seismogenic zone: Results from a wide-angle ocean bottom seismic survey, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 5887-5905, doi:10.1029/1999JB900394. (Pubitemid 30264079)
17. Kopp, H., and N. Kukowski (2003), Backstop geometry and accretionary mechanics of the Sunda margin, Tectonics, 22(6), 1072, doi:10.1029/2002TC001420.
18. Kukowski, N., and I. Pecher (1999), Thermo-hydraulics of the Peruvian accretionary complex at 12°S, J. Geodyn., 27, 373-402, doi:10.1016/S0264- 3707 (98) 00009-X. (Pubitemid 29261036)
19. Leggett, J. K, Y. Aoki, and T. Toba (1985), Transition from frontal accretion to underplating in part of the Nankai Trough accretionary complex off Shiko ku (SW Japan) and extensional features on the lower trench slope, Mar. Pet. Geol., 2, 131-141, doi:10.1016/0264-8172 (85) 90003-0.
20. Le Pichon, X., P. Henry, and S. Lallemand (1990), Water flow in the Barbados accretionary complex, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 8945-8967, doi:10.1029/JB095iB06p08945.
21. Mikada, H., et al. (2002), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports [CD-ROM], vol. 196, Ocean Drill. Program, College Station, Tex.
22. Miyazaki, S., and K. Heki (2001), Crustal velocity field of southwest Japan: Subduction and arc-arc collision, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 4305-4326, doi:10.1029/2000JB900312.
23. Moore, G. F., T. H. Shipley, P. L. Stoffa, D. E. Karig, A. Taira, S. Kuramoto, H. Tokuyama, and K. Suyehiro (1990), Structure of the Nankai Trough accretionary zone from multichannel seismic reflection data, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 8753-8765, doi:10.1029/JB095iB06p08753.
24. Moore, G. F., D. E. Karig, T. H. Shipley, A. Taira, P. L. Stoffa, and W. T. Wood (1991), Structural framework of the ODP Leg 131 area, Nankai Trough, Ocean Drill. Program Initial Rep., 131, 15-20.
25. Moore, G. F., et al. (1999), Structural setting of the Leg 190 Muroto transect, Ocean Drill. Program Initial Rep., 190, 1-14. doi:10.2973/odp. proc.ir.190.102.2001.
26. Moore, G. F., et al. (2001), New insights into deformation and fluid flow processes in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Results of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 2, 1058, doi:10.1029/2001GC000166.
27. Moore, J. C., et al. (1998), Consolidation patterns during initiation and evolution of a plate-boundary decollement zone: Northern Barbados accretionary prism, Geology, 26(9), 811-814, doi:10.1130/0091-7613 (1998) 026<0811: CPDIAE>2.3.CO;2. (Pubitemid 29109796)
28. Morgan, J. K., and D. E. Karig (1995), Kinematics and a balanced and restored cross-section across the toe of the eastern Nankai accretionary prism, J. Struct. Geol., 17(1), 31-45, doi:10.1016/0191-8141 (94) E0031-S.
29. Morgan, J. K., E. B. Ramsey, and M. V. S. Ask (2007), Deformation and mechanical strength of sediments at the Nankai subduction zone: Implications for prism evolution and décollement initiation and propagation, in The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction Thrust Faults, edited by T. H. Dixon and J. C. Moore, pp. 210-256, Columbia Univ. Press, New York.
30. Ohmori, K., A. Taira, H. Tokuyama, A. Sakaguchi, M. Okamura, and A. Aihara (1997), Paleothermal structure of the Shimanto accretionary prism, Shikoku, Japan; role of an out-ofsequence thrust, Geology, 25, 327-330, doi:10.1130/0091-7613 (1997) 025<0327:PSOTSA>2.3.CO;2.
31. Park, J. O., T. Tsuru, Y. Kaneda, and Y. Kono (1999), A subducting seamount beneath the Nankai accretionary prism off Shikoku, southwestern Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 931-934, doi:10.1029/1999GL900134. (Pubitemid 29340955)
32. Park, J. O., S. Miura, Y. Kaneda, Y. Kono, T. Tsuru, S. Kodaira, and A. Nakanishi (2000), Out-of-sequence thrust faults developed in the coseismic slip zone of the 1946 Nankai earthquake (Mw = 8.2) off Shikoku, southwest Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1033-1036, doi:10.1029/1999GL008443.
33. Park, J. O., S. Kodaira, A. Nakanishi, S. Miura, Y. Kaneda, T. Tsuru, N. Takahashi, and T. Hori (2002), A deep strong reflector in the Nankai accretionary wedge from multichannel seismic data: Implications for underplating and interseismic shear stress release, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (B4), 2061, doi:10.1029/2001JB000262.
34. Saffer, D. M. (2003), Pore pressure development and progressive dewatering in underthrust sediments at the Costa Rican subduction margin: Comparison with Northern Barbados and Nankai, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B5), 2261, doi:10.1029/2002JB001787.
35. Saffer, D. M., and B. A. Bekins (1998), Episodic fluid flow in the Nankai accretionary complex: Timescale, geochemistry, flow rates, and fluid budget, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 30, 351-30, 370, doi:10.1029/98JB01983. (Pubitemid 128665330)
36. Saffer, D. M., and B. A. Bekins (2002), Hydrologic controls on the morphology and mechanics of accretionary wedges, Geology, 30, 271-274, doi:10.1130/0091-7613 (2002) 030< 0271:HCOTMA>2.0.CO;2. (Pubitemid 35016128)
37. Screaton, E. J., D. R. Wuthrich, and S. J. Dreiss (1990), Permeabilities, fluid pressures, and flow rates in the Barbados Ridge Complex, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 8997-9007, doi:10.1029/JB095iB06p08997.
38. Screaton, E. J., et al. (2002), Porosity loss within the underthrust sediments of the Nankai accretionary complex; implications for overpressures, Geology, 30, 19-22, doi:10.1130/0091-7613 (2002) 030<0019:PLWTUS>2.0.CO;2.
39. Seno, T., S. Stein, and A. E. Gripp (1993), A model for the motion of the Philippine Sea plate consistent with NUVEL-1 and geological data, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 17, 941-17, 948, doi:10.1029/93JB00782.
40. Shaw, J. H., C. D. Connors, and J. Suppe (Eds.) (2005), Seismic Interpretation of Contractional Fault-Related Folds, AAPG Stud. Geol., vol. 53, 156 pp., Am. Assoc. of Pet. Geol., Tulsa, Okla.
41. Shipley, T. H., G. F. Moore, N. Bangs, J. C. Moore, and P. L. Stoffa (1994), Seismically inferred dilatancy distribution, northern Barbados Ridge decollement: Implications for fluid migration and fault strength, Geology, 22, 411-414, doi:10.1130/0091-7613 (1994) 022<0411:SIDDNB>2.3.CO;2. (Pubitemid 24427158)
42. Shipley, T., et al. (1995), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, vol. 196, 301 pp., Ocean Drill. Program, College Station, Tex.
43. Steurer, J. F., and M. B. Underwood (2003), Clay mineralogy of mudstones from the Nankai Trough reference Sites 1173 and 1177 and frontal accretionary prism Site 1174 [online], Proc. Ocean Drill. Program Sci. Results, 190/196. [Available at http://www-odp. tamu.edu/publications/190196SR/211/211.htm.]
44. Suppe, J. (1983), Geometry and kinematics of fault-bend folding, Am. J. Sci., 283, 684-721, doi:10.2475/ajs.283.7.684.
45. Taira, A. (2001), Tectonic evolution of the Japanese Island Arc System, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 29, 109-134, doi:10.1146/annurev. earth.29.1.109. (Pubitemid 32554916)
46. Taira, A., J. Katto, M. Tashiro, M. Okamura, and K. Kodama (1988), The Shimanto Belt in Shikoku Japan: Evolution of a Cretaceous to Miocene accretionary prism, Mod. Geol., 12, 5-46.
47. Taira, A., et al. (1991), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, vol. 131, 301 pp., Ocean Drill. Program, College Station, Tex.
48. Tobin, H. J., and D. M. Saffer (2009), Elevated fluid pressure and extreme mechanical weakness of a plate boundary thrust, Nankai Trough subduction zone, Geology, 37, 679-682, doi:10.1130/G25752A.1.
49. von Huene, R., and D. Klaeschen (1999), Opposing gradients of permanent strain in the aseismic zone and elastic strain across the seismogenic zone of the Kodiak shelf and slope, Alaska, Tectonics, 18, 248-262, doi:10.1029/ 1998TC900022. (Pubitemid 29319669)
50. von Huene, R., D. Klaeschen, M.-A. Gutscher, and J. Fruehn (1998), Mass and fluid flux during accretion at the Alaskan margin, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 110, 468-482, doi:10.1130/0016-7606 (1998) 110<0468:MAFFDA>2.3.CO;2.
51. Westbrook, G. K., J. W. Ladd, and N. L. Bangs (1988), Cross section of an accretionary wedge: Barbados Ridge complex, Geology, 16, 631-635, doi:10.1130/0091-7613 (1988) 016< 0631:CSOAAW>2.3.CO;2.
52. Westbrook, G. K., et al. (1994), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, vol. 146 (Part 1), 611 pp., Ocean Drill. Program, College Station, Tex.
53. Woodward, N. B., S. E. Boyer, and J. Suppe (1985), An outline of balanced cross-sections: Notes from Geological Society of America short course on balanced sections, Stud. Geol., 11, 2nd ed., 170 pp., Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn.
54. Xiao, H., and J. Suppe (1993), Origin of rollover, Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull., 76, 509-529.
55. Zhao, Z., G. F. Moore, and T. H. Shipley (1998), Deformation and dewatering of the subducting plate beneath the lower slope of the northern Barbados accretionary prism, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 30, 431-30, 449, doi:10.1029/1998JB900012. (Pubitemid 128665335)