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Absence of Cretaceous hairpin in the apparent polar wander path of southwest Japan: consistency in paleomagnetic pole positions
To test the hypothesis that a Cretaceous hairpin turn is absent in the apparent polar wander path (APWP) of the inner arc of southwestern Japanese...
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Numerical experiment toward simultaneous estimation of the spatiotemporal evolution of interseismic fault slips and block motions in southwest Japan
Interseismic strain around southwest Japan can be attributed to slip phenomena on the plate interface and processes inside the continental plate,...
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Thermochronology of hydrothermal alteration zones in the Kii Peninsula, southwest Japan: an attempt for detecting the thermal anomalies and implications to the regional exhumation history
Fluid-inclusion and thermochronometric analyses have been applied to hydrothermal alteration zones and their host rocks outcrop** in the Hongu area...
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Initiation of the Unazuki Belt, Southwest Japan, during the Carboniferous as an island arc system along the North China Craton
The Unazuki Belt, Southwest Japan, is a part of the Hida Belt, which is characterized as a plutono-metamorphic complex with a continental affinity...
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Stress change in southwest Japan due to the 1944–1946 Nankai megathrust rupture sequence based on a 3-D heterogeneous rheological model
The Nankai trough has repeatedly experienced large megathrust earthquakes at intervals of 100–200 years. The inland region of southwest (SW) Japan...
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Time-independent forecast model for large crustal earthquakes in southwest Japan using GNSS data
In this study, we developed a regional likelihood model for crustal earthquakes using geodetic strain-rate data from southwest Japan. First, the...
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Observation of Seismic Ground Motion and Pore Water Pressure in Lineated Valley Fill of Wakayama, Southwest Japan
We performed in-situ observations of seismic ground motion, pore-water pressure, and ground-water level at lineated valley fill (LVF) in Wakayama...
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Long-term slow slip events with and without tremor activation in the Bungo Channel and Hyuganada, southwest Japan
Slow slip events (SSEs) lasting for approximately 1 year occur every 6–8 years around the Bungo Channel in the southwest Japan subduction zone. The...
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Construction of Web-GIS for integrating geophysical survey data with geotechnical information in the San’in region, southwest Japan
Constructing geotechnical information database to collect information such as geophysical survey results and borehole data and then sharing it among...
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An improved apparent polar wander path for southwest Japan: post-Cretaceous multiphase rotations with respect to the Asian continent
To construct the Mesozoic apparent polar wander path (APWP) for the inner arc of the southwestern Japanese islands (referred to as southwest Japan)...
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Map** Heterogeneities of the Short-Period S-Wave Attenuation Field in the Lithosphere of Southwest Alaska
AbstractThe authors have studied the characteristics of the short-period S -wave attenuation field in the lithosphere of southwest Alaska (in the...
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Origin and tectonic relationship of metagabbro of the Sambagawa Belt, and associated Karasaki mylonites of western Shikoku, Southwest Japan
The Sambagawa Belt is a subduction-related high-pressure intermediate type metamorphic complex with its protoliths characterized by the ocean plate...
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Trench and drilling investigation of the Median Tectonic Line in Shikoku, southwest Japan: implications for fault geometry
The Median Tectonic Line (MTL) is a thousand-kilometer-long fault that extends across southwest Japan. Near the Nyugawa region of Shikoku, the MTL...
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Clockwise rotation of SW Japan and timing of Izanagi–Pacific ridge subduction revealed by arc migration
Igneous rocks associated with the Cretaceous to Paleogene volcanic arc in SW Japan show ages that young from west to east in a direction parallel to...
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Surface Ruptures Associated with the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Sequence in Southwest Japan
In April 2016, a series of earthquakes hit the Kumamoto area of Kyushu Island, southwest Japan. The Mj 7.3 (Mw 7.0) mainshock produced extensive and...
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Tectonic implications of the subduction of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge beneath the Kyushu, southwest Japan
The Kyushu-Palau Ridge (KPR), a remnant arc on the Philippine Sea Plate (PSP), is subducting beneath the Kyushu, southwest Japan. Influenced by the...
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Joint effect of East Asia–Pacific and Scandinavian teleconnections on summer precipitation in Southwest China
Based on the summer precipitation data from 328 meteorological stations in Southwest China and the monthly mean reanalysis data from the National...
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Hadal zones of the Southwest Pacific and east Indian oceans
The hadal zone (water depths > 6000 m) are unlike the overlying shallower marine regions (bathyal and abyssal) as it does not follow a continuum from...
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Characteristics of super drought in Southwest China and the associated compounding effect of multiscalar anomalies
In recent decades, Southwest China (SWC) has suffered from frequent super droughts, leading to severe economic losses and ecological degradation....
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Submarine paleoseismology in the Japan Trench of northeastern Japan: turbidite stratigraphy and sedimentology using paleomagnetic and rock magnetic analyses
Previous studies of sediments recovered from the Japan Trench between 37° 25′ N and 38° 30′ N document distinctive turbidite beds induced by huge...
