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Geodynamic processes of the southeastern Neo-Tethys Ocean and the formation mechanism of the curved subduction system in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is located at the intersection of the Tethys and Pacific domains. The superimposed effects of the two tectonic domains have resulted...
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Rupture processes of the 2021 and 2022 Fukushima-oki earthquakes: adjacent events on the complex fault system in the subducting slab
The 2021 M w 7.1 and 2022 M w 7.4 Fukushima-oki earthquakes ruptured adjacent regions in the subducting slab, which gave us a good opportunity to...
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Blueschist: A window into high-pressure/low-temperature metamorphism and subduction zone dynamics
Blueschist is a regional metamorphic rock formed under high-pressure (HP) low-temperature (LT) conditions. It is formed in the subduction zone...
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The frontal facies and sedimentation processes of a shoal-water fan delta in the Köprü Basin of southern Türkiye
This paper focuses on the delta front deposits of well-exposed, progradational Serravallian fan delta complexes in the Köprü Basin, southern Türkiye....
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Traces of Strong Eneolithic and Medieval Earthquakes Hitting the Durankulak Archaeological Settlement in Northeastern Bulgaria
AbstractWe have conducted paleo- and archaeoseismological surveys in the Durankulak Eneolithic archaeological settlement in northeastern Bulgaria,...
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The Geology of Volcanoes and Their Facies Models
Modern volcanoes and volcanic centres encompass a wide variety of morphological, physical, facies and stratigraphic characteristics, and duration of...
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Seismic imaging of slab metamorphism and genesis of intermediate-depth intraslab earthquakes
We review studies of intermediate-depth seismicity and seismic imaging of the interior of subducting slabs in relation to slab metamorphism and their...
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The Search for Ore Deposits and Chances of Success
Every ore deposit has its special features that would control the choice of exploration norm. Moreover, no two deposits of the same mineral are...
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The Coastal Environment and the Reconstruction Process After the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Few Notes
Most of the world’s coastal areas have been shaped and transformed by tsunamis from prehistorical times with origins varying from cosmically related...
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Integrated Disaster Risk Governance
In this chapter, the structural system and its optimization, functional system and its optimization, pattern and consilience mode of the integrated...
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Preceding seismic activity and slow slip events in the source area of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake: a review
The 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake ruptured a large area of the megathrust east of NE Japan. The earthquake’s magnitude was 9.0, substantially larger...
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Dehydration of serpentinized slab mantle: Seismic evidence from southwest Japan
The seismicity in the subducting Philippine Sea slab (PHS) beneath southwest Japan shows a variety of modes of occurrence. We try to explain this...
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Aftershock distribution and 3D seismic velocity structure in and around the focal area of the 2004 mid Niigata prefecture earthquake obtained by applying double-difference tomography to dense temporary seismic network data
A destructive large earthquake (the 2004 mid Niigata prefecture earthquake) sequence occurred in the central part (Chuetsu district) of Niigata...
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Hypocenter distribution of plate boundary zone off Fukushima, Japan, derived from ocean bottom seismometer data
Microearthquake observation using Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBSs) was carried out to obtain a detailed distribution of microearthquakes beneath the...
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Sabkhas, Saline Mudflats and Pans
This chapter looks at Quaternary depositional styles depositing saline sediments in ephemeral saline waters, focusing on modern evaporitic mudflats...
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Estimation of deep fault geometry of the Nagamachi-Rifu fault from seismic array observations
An extensive seismic experiment was carried out in June 2001 around the Nagamachi-Rifu fault, northeastern Japan. We deployed seismic arrays on the...
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Rupture process of the July 2003 northern Miyagi earthquake sequence, NE Japan, estimated from double-difference hypocenter locations
A shallow M6.4 inland earthquake occurred on July 26, 2003 in the northern part of Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. We precisely located...