E„ and Brown, L., 1983, Tectonic and geologic evolution of the Espanola basin, Rio Grande Rift; Structure, rate of exten- sion, and relation to the state of stress in the western United States: Tectono- physics, v. 94, p. 483-507....
Tectonic movement is gradual. Movement along faults is usually, but not always, abrupt. 台灣板塊構造圖 Evidence Of Former Deformation Structural geology is the study of rock deformation. The law of original horizontality tells us that sedimentary strata and lava flows were initially horizontal. If ...
A physical model for describing the fault movement along plate boundary is proposed, i. 提出了一种描述板块边界断层运动的力学模型,即将板块边界的地壳运动表述为板块的相对刚体运动加边界断层面上的负位错分布。 2. In addition, the potential function of the process of fault movement is set up. 建立...
3, which are used to constrain long-term tectonic rigid plate motions. Figure was created by DSS using the open source software Generic Mapping Tools v5.2.1 supported by the National Science Foundation. Full size image Prior estimates of geodetic strain rates in sub-Saharan Africa from GSRM v...
. The earthquakes occurred in a seismically active region of Kyushu known as Beppu–Shimabara (Unzen), hereafter termed the B–U area, which is characterized by active volcanoes (Aso, Unzen, Kuju, and Tsurumi) and bounded by a shear zone (the western extension of the median tectonic line...
Rates of plate motion are generally uniform over 10鈥 102 Myrs timescales. Faults between tectonic plates might, therefore, be expected to show temporally-u... Roberts,Gerald P. - 《Geophysical Research Letters》 被引量: 54发表: 2002年 Effects of variations in fault slip rate on sequence str...
In each survey, we determine the precise locations of the center of the transponder array. The displacement rate is estimated from the linear regression of time-series of the array positions at four campaigns. This shows clear northwestward movement amount to 17.2±4.3 cm/yr relative to the ...
This deformation may be related to the present neo-tectonic compressive stress regime of the Indian Plate due to its NNE movement against the collision front in the north and its proximity to the triple junction in the western continental margin of the study area.doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X....
Hollenstein, C., Kahle, H.-G., and Geiger, A., 2005, Geodetic measurement and geodynamics plate tectonic framework and GPS-derived strain-rate field within the boundary zones of the Eurasian and African plates, in Pinter, N., et al., eds., The Adria microplate: Dordrecht, Springer, p...
Thus, the current geodetic subsidence does not reflect long-term (geological) tectonic movement. Vertical deformation of the northeastern Japan forearc is unique in terms of its direction and rate, as a deformation process of an overriding plate in an erosion-dominant subduction zone....