Long-Term Seismic Behavior of a Fault Involved in a Multiple-Fault Rupture: Insights from Tectonic Geomorphology along the Neodani Fault, Central Japan

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 2170-2190 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kaneda ◽  
A. Okada
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Behavior ◽  
Tectonic Geomorphology ◽  
Fault Rupture ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
Multiple Fault

scholarly journals Diachronous Tibetan Plateau landscape evolution derived from lava field geomorphology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Allen ◽  
Robert Law
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Landscape Evolution ◽  
Tectonic Geomorphology ◽  
Normal Faults ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Lava Field ◽  
Northern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Tectonic Processes ◽  
Stepwise Evolution

<p><strong>Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau is important for understanding continental tectonics because of its exceptional elevation (~5 km above sea level) and crustal thickness (~70 km). Patterns of long-term landscape evolution can constrain tectonic processes, but have been hard to quantify, in contrast to established datasets for strain, exhumation and paleo-elevation. This study analyses the relief of the bases and tops of 17 Cenozoic lava fields on the central and northern Tibetan Plateau. Analyzed fields have typical lateral dimensions of 10s of km, and so have an appropriate scale for interpreting tectonic geomorphology. Fourteen of the fields have not been deformed since eruption. One field is cut by normal faults; two others are gently folded with limb dips <6<sup>o</sup></strong><strong>. </strong><strong>Relief of the bases and tops of the fields is comparable to modern, internally-drained, parts of the plateau, and distinctly lower than externally-drained regions. The lavas preserve a record of underlying low relief bedrock landscapes at the time they were erupted, which have undergone little change since. There is an overlap in each area between younger published low-temperature thermochronology ages and the oldest eruption in each area, here interpreted as the transition </strong><strong>between the end of significant (>3 km) exhumation and plateau landscape development. </strong><strong>This diachronous process took place between ~32.5<sup>o</sup> - ~36.5<sup>o</sup> N between ~40 and ~10 Ma, advancing northwards at a long-term rate of ~15 km/Myr. Results are consistent with incremental northwards growth of the plateau, rather than a stepwise evolution or synchronous uplift.</strong></p>

scholarly journals Plate convergence and long-term crustal deformation in central Japan

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 2313-2316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Heki ◽  
Shin'ichi Miyazaki
Keyword(s):  
Crustal Deformation ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
Plate Convergence

scholarly journals Prokaryotic Community Structure of Long-Term Fertilization Field Andisols in Central Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazumori Mise ◽  
Hitoshi Moro ◽  
Takashi Kunito ◽  
Keishi Senoo ◽  
Shigeto Otsuka
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Field Soil ◽  
Prokaryotic Community ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
Experimental Field ◽  
Soil Ecosystems ◽  
Fertilization Experiments

Long-term fertilization experiments are a useful way to elucidate the impacts of fertilization on soil ecosystems. Here, we report the prokaryotic community structure in experimental field soil after 80 years of successive fertilization.

scholarly journals Diachronous Tibetan Plateau landscape evolution derived from lava field geomorphology

Geology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Law ◽  
Mark B. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Landscape Evolution ◽  
Tectonic Geomorphology ◽  
Normal Faults ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Northern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Tectonic Processes ◽  
Stepwise Evolution

Abstract Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau is important for understanding continental tectonics because of the plateau’s exceptional elevation (∼5 km above sea level) and crustal thickness (∼70 km). Patterns of long-term landscape evolution can constrain tectonic processes, but have been hard to quantify, in contrast to established data sets for strain, exhumation, and paleo-elevation. This study analyzes the relief of the bases and tops of 17 Cenozoic lava fields on the central and northern Tibetan Plateau. Analyzed fields have typical lateral dimensions of tens of kilometers, and so have an appropriate scale for interpreting tectonic geomorphology. Fourteen of the fields have not been deformed since eruption. One field is cut by normal faults; two others are gently folded, with limb dips <6°. Relief of the bases and tops of the fields is comparable to that of modern, internally drained parts of the plateau, and distinctly lower than that of externally drained regions. The lavas preserve a record of underlying low-relief bedrock landscapes at the time they were erupted, which have undergone little change since. There is an overlap in each area between younger published low-temperature thermochronology ages and the age of the oldest eruption in each area, here interpreted as the transition between the end of significant (>3 km) exhumation and plateau landscape development. This diachronous process took place between ∼32.5°N and ∼36.5°N and between ca. 40 Ma and ca. 10 Ma, advancing northwards at a long-term rate of ∼15 km/m.y. Results are consistent with incremental northward growth of the plateau, rather than a stepwise evolution or synchronous uplift.

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