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Doke, Ryosuke; Tanikawa, Shinichi; Yasue, Kenichi; Nakayasu, Akio; Niizato, Tadafumi; Umeda, Koji; Tanaka, Takenobu*
Katsudanso Kenkyu, (37), p.1 - 15, 2012/09
Based on the collection and analysis of existing information, we clarified a spatial distribution of started age of present faulting pattern on active fault in Japanese Islands. The number of active faults which started its activities are gradually increased from about 3 Ma, dramatically increased after 1.5 Ma, and peaked at around 0.5 Ma. After 1.5 Ma, active faults which types of activity or trends are different from previously started active faults are developed. Therefore, there are plural types of active faults in the present tectonic field in Japan. After the peak around 0.5 Ma, newly developed active faults are decreased. It is possibly that newly developed active faults are undetectable; therefore, it is needed to develop new technics for detecting and assessing non-distinguishing active faults.
Nakata, Takashi*; Kumamoto, Takashi*; Okumura, Koji*; Goto, Hideaki*; Kumahara, Yasuhiro*; Nohara, Tsuyoshi; Sato, Masaru*; Iwanaga, Shoji*
Katsudanso Kenkyu, (29), p.1 - 13, 2008/09
Laser imagery technique is applied to obtain comprehensive features of typical reverse fault (Senya fault in NE Japan) and strike-slip fault (Adera fault in Central Japan). We test several methods for obtaining fault slip from detailed DEM images. Using the visual analyzer "Geo-Graphia", several three-dimensional laser imageries are processed around Senya hill, especially along the surface fault ruptures associated with 1896 Rikuu earthquake. We compared amount of fault slips along the fault ruptures measured by field work (Matsuda et al., 1980) with that obtained by automatic and manual profiling using detailed DEM. Three-dimensional laser imageries are also processed along Adera fault, and slip vectors are restored based on successively faulted terrace risers around Sakashita town.
Hirouchi, Daisuke*; Yasue, Kenichi; Uchida, Chikara*; Hiramatsu, Takahiro*; Taniguchi, Kaoru*; Sugito, Nobuhiko*; Kaneda, Heitaro*
Katsudanso Kenkyu, (27), p.201 - 209, 2007/06
The Yugamine fault, 10 km in length, is in the north-central part of the Atera fault zone. We studied Holocene activity of the Yugamine fault through a trenching survey. Some humic layers and fluvial gravels are exposed on the trench walls. The Yugamine fault has cut through these layers to form a linear depression on its NE side. From the structural evidence along the fault plane and angular unconformity, we recognize at least four faulting events in this trench.
Imaizumi, Toshifumi*; Kagohara, Kyoko*; Otsuki, Kenshiro*; Miwa, Atsushi*; Kosaka, Hideki*; Nohara, Tsuyoshi
Katsudanso Kenkyu, (26), p.71 - 77, 2006/06
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Kinoshita, Hirohisa; Nohara, Tsuyoshi; Nakata, Takashi*; Ikeda, Yasutaka*; Ito, Kiyoshi*; Otsuki, Kenshiro*; Sagiya, Takeshi*; Takada, Keita*; Toda, Shinji*
Katsudanso Kenkyu, (25), p.27 - 37, 2005/06
Results of numerical analyses and field studies in the epicenter area of the 2000 Tottoriken-seibu earthquake suggest that several research techniques are effective for identifying subsurface active faults unaccompanied with remarkable surface earthquake faults. Field observation of the lineaments found in the area by detailed air-photo interpretation revealed that most of them are accompanied by faults and/or dikes, and some of them show minor slips at the time of the earthquake. Crustal deformation caused by the activity of the subsurface seismogenic faults is deduced by numerical analyses based on seismic and geodetic data. The vertical deformation assumed from the height changes of the terraces along the river across the epicenter area suggests that cumulative uplift and subsidence associated with left-lateral strike-slip has been continuing. Offsets rate of the streams and uplift rate of the river terraces surfaces show good agreement with the estimate from the parameter of the earthquake faults model. Identification of active faults without clear surface evidence before occurrence of earthquakes is a difficult issue, and the techniques adopted in this study will probably provide relevant information effective to locate subsurface active faults.
