▪ Abstract Growth of the Japanese arc system, which has mainly taken place along the
continental margin of Asia since the Permian, is the result of subduction of the ancient …

The purpose of this paper is to advocate the use of a tectonic facies concept which aids
systematic and objective analysis of orogenic belts. The tectonic facies concept, as …

The imbricated frontal wedge of the central Hikurangi subduction margin is characteristic of
wide (ca. 150 km), poorly drained and over pressured, low taper (∼ 4°) thrust systems …

Brittle faults reflect a complex strain history that emerges from contrasting modes of
distributed and localised deformation, and their interaction on various spatial and temporal …

The concept of Pacific‐type orogeny is revised, based on an assessment of geologic data
collected from the Japanese Islands during the past 25 years. The formation of a passive …

The Jurassic accretionary complex and coeval granites in Japan represent remnants of the
Jurassic arc‐trench system developed between the Asian continent and Pacific Ocean. The …

For coastal cities an important factor in earthquake hazard from subduction zone
earthquakes is the landward extent of the seismogenic portion of the subduction thrust fault …

Soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) have been the focus of attention for over 150
years. Existing unconstrained definitions allow one to classify a wide range of features under …

Page 1 Tectonosomes and Olistostromes THE OGICA in the Argille Scagliose of the Northern
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We show that both fault mineralogy and regional excess fluid pressure contribute to low
resolved shear stresses on the Nankai subduction plate boundary off southwest Japan. Ring …