Fluidized cataclastic veins along the Itoigawa-Shizuoka tectonic line active fault system, central Japan, and its seismotectonic implications

Journal of Geology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-465

  Lin, Aiming ^a   Shin, Jeong Hwan ^a   Kano, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CATACLASITE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FELDSPAR; FLUIDIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

JAPAN;

EID: 84863224207     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665795     Document Type: Article

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