Plate tectonics and crustal deformation around the Japanese Islands

1993 ◽  
Vol 98 (B9) ◽  
pp. 16149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manabu Hashimoto ◽  
David D. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Crustal Deformation ◽  
Plate Tectonics ◽  
Japanese Islands

Crustal Deformation Associated with the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake: An Overview

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 81-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manabu Hashimoto
Keyword(s):  
Crustal Deformation ◽  
Large Displacements ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
Gps Network ◽  
Coseismic Subsidence ◽  
Japanese Islands ◽  
East West

The 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake generated large displacements in and around the Japanese islands that were detected by the nationwide GPS network, sea-floor geodetic surveys, and space-borne radars. The east-west extension exerted on the Japanese islands by this event induced inland events of Mw6 or larger earthquakes. Coseismic subsidence of up to 1 m was observed along the coast where subsidence was found during the interseismic period. This observation contradicts expectations based on the concept of the recurrence of inter-plate earthquakes. Therefore, postseismic motions or other large events are expected to resolve this paradox.

scholarly journals Extinct Style of Plate Tectonics Explains Early Earth’s Flat Mountains

Eos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Becca Dzombak
Keyword(s):  
Crustal Deformation ◽  
Plate Tectonics ◽  
Geologic Record ◽  
Thin Crust

The geologic record suggests that despite Earth’s hot, thin crust during the Proterozoic, mountains were still able to form thanks to an extinct style of crustal deformation.

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