Analysis of normal fault populations in the Kumano Forearc Basin, Nankai Trough, Japan: 1. Multiple orientations and generations of faults from 3-D coherency mapping

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1989-2002

  Moore, G F ^a   Boston, B B ^a   Sacks, A F ^b   Saffer, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

forearc basin; Nankai Trough; normal fault

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS; FORE-ARC BASIN; GROWTH STRUCTURES; MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS; NANKAI TROUGHS; NORMAL FAULTS; PLATE CONVERGENCE;

FAULTING;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE FAULT; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FOREARC BASIN; NORMAL FAULT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAFLOOR; STRESS FIELD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

KUMANO BASIN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879869577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20119     Document Type: Article

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