Tectonic mélange as fault rock of subduction plate boundary

Tectonophysics

Volumn 568-569, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-38

  Kimura, Gaku ^a   Yamaguchi, Asuka ^a   Hojo, Megumi ^a   Kitamura, Yujin ^b   Kameda, Jun ^a   Ujiie, Kohtaro ^c   Hamada, Yohei ^a   Hamahashi, Mari ^a   Hina, Shoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fault rock; M lange; NanTroSEIZE; Plate boundary; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; EARTHQUAKE FAULT; FAULT ROCK; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS; NANTROSEIZE; OROGENIC BELTS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; QUANTITATIVE DATA SETS; RESEARCH OBJECT; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SHEAR FABRICS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TEMPERATURE SETTING; TENSILE CRACKING; UNDERPLATING; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDIZATION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); SANDSTONE; SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY;

FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 84862209691     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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