Quaternary Tectonic Movements -the Characteristics and the Related Problems on the Japanese Islands

Matsuda, Tokihiko; Kinugasa, Yoshihiro

doi:10.4116/jaqua.26.3_251

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“…For reviews of other subjects in neotectonics or active fault studies in the 1970's or earlier, see KAIZUKA (1987), MATSUDA (1981a), MATSUDA and KINUGASA (1988), OTA (1980OTA ( , 1985, YONEKURA and OTA (1986), and YONEKURA (1989).…”

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Active Faults and Neotectonics in Japan.

Okada

Ikeda

1991

Daiyonki-kenkyu

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Faults and Neotectonics in Japan1) Atsumasa OKADA2) and Yasutaka IKEDA3) We review in this paper the recent trend of active fault studies in Japan. The Japanese Islands, including the continental shelves and slopes surrounding them, form an active tectonic belt. The overall distribution and regional characteristics of Quaternary faults have recently been clarified, and are now being supplemented in detail. Some topics, including the studies of active faults on shallow sea and lake bottoms, the geomorphic and structural evolution of and the surface defromation associated with thrust faults, and the excavation of active faults with or without historic activity, are also reviewed.

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Active Faults and Neotectonics in Japan.

Okada

Ikeda

1991

Daiyonki-kenkyu

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Geological Predictions for the Long-term Isolation of Radioactive Waste Based on Extrapolating Uniform Mode and Rate of Crustal Movements

Umeda¹,

Tanikawa²,

Yasue³

2013

J. Geogr.

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Long-term predictions of geological and tectonic disturbances are key issues for the safety assessment of radioactive waste disposal, especially on the Japanese Islands. Geological predictions of disturbances should be performed by extrapolating uniform mode and rate of crustal movements under the current framework. Multiple lines of geological evidence in Japan strongly suggest that the present mode of tectonics began during the late Pliocene to early Quaternary, and was fully developed by the middle Pleistocene. The uplift rates of mountains in Japan are determined to have been approximately constant until the middle Pleistocene based on simulations of temporal changes in mean altitude developed under concurrent tectonics and denudation processes. The onset of the neotectonic mode of deformation was probably triggered by the initiation of the eastward movement of the Amur Plate and the collision of the Izu block with central Honshu. The uncertainty of predictions beyond steady-state crustal deformation would, in general, increase for long-term predictions using the extrapolation procedure. Consequently, future geological and tectonic disturbances in Japan can be estimated with relatively high reliability for the next 100,000 years. Key words： radioactive waste disposal, safety assessment, geological prediction, extrapolation procedure, uniform mode and rate of crustal movements

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Quaternary Tectonic Movements -the Characteristics and the Related Problems on the Japanese Islands

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Active Faults and Neotectonics in Japan.

Active Faults and Neotectonics in Japan.

Geological Predictions for the Long-term Isolation of Radioactive Waste Based on Extrapolating Uniform Mode and Rate of Crustal Movements

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