Repeated seismic slips recorded in ultracataclastic veins along active faults of the Arima-Takatsuki Tectonic Line, southwest Japan

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-13

  Lin, Aiming ^a,b   Yamashita, Katsuhiko ^b   Tanaka, Makoto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arima Takatsuki Tectonic Line (ATTL); Fault gouge vein; Fluidization; Fossil earthquake; Pseudotachylyte like vein; Ultracataclastic veins

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ARIMA-TAKATSUKI TECTONIC LINE (ATTL); FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING EVENTS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; FRACTURE NETWORK; GRANITIC ROCKS; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MULTIPLE STAGES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PSEUDOTACHYLYTE-LIKE VEIN; SEISMIC SLIPS; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS; SEM-EDS; SOURCE FAULT; SUBMICRON; ULTRACATACLASTIC VEINS; ULTRAFINE;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FLUIDIZATION; FRACTURE; GRANITE; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; QUARTZ; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; FELDSPAR; FLUIDIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ;

JAPAN;

EID: 84873735384     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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