Confined ductile deformation in the Japan arc inferred from paleomagnetic studies
Confined ductile deformation in the Japan arc inferred from paleomagnetic studies
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从古地磁研究推断日本的受限延性变形
DOI:
10.1016/0040-1951(89)90294-1
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发表时间:
1989
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Yoshihiko Ito
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作者:
Y. Itoh;Yoshihiko Ito
Miocene rocks collected from the Kanazawa and Daishoji areas in the western vicinity of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka tectonic line (ISTL) were investigated using paleomagnetic and biostratigraphic methods in order to clarify the deformation mode of a continuous granitic sliver in the southern part of the Japan arc which was bounded on east side by the ISTL. Seven sites in the Kanazawa area and nine sites in the Daishoji area were found to preserve stable characteristic remanent magnetization (ChRM) through progressive demagnetization by thermal and alternating field methods. Temporal and spatial changes in ChRM directions suggest that the areas were subjected to intra-arc tectonic deformation linked with the middle Miocene collision of the Izu-Bonin arc which succeeded to coherent clockwise rotation of the southern part of the Japan arc associated with the back-arc opening around 15 Ma.The data in this study, together with data previously obtained, indicate that the angle of relative counterclockwise rotation increases gradually toward the east, which was caused by the middle Miocene arc-arc collision. This result and the absence of identifiable faults which could compensate differential rotations, imply that the arc was ductilely deforming during the collision event. It is also suggested that significant rotation occurred in the eastern, confined, portion of the uniform sliver of continental crust. The confined ductile deformation of the crust observed in the Japan arc can be achieved by the irregular compressive force on the fore-arc side generated by landmasses on the subducting Philippine Sea plate and the plausible resisting force induced on the back-arc side.