Fault tectonic analysis of Kii peninsula, Southwest Japan: Preliminary approach to Neogene paleostress sequence near the Nankai subduction zone

Island Arc

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 455-476

  Choi, Pom Yong ^a   Nakae, Satoshi ^b   Kim, Hyeoncheol ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fault tectonic analysis; Kii peninsula; Paleostress sequence; Plate motion vector; Southwest Japan; Tectonic 'shadow zone'

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRETACEOUS; DIKE SWARM; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSTRESS; PLATE TECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 82455212973     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2011.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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