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GEO-MARINE LETTERS
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 309-324Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-020-00636-w
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan [106-2917-I-564050]
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Multibeam (MB) and subbottom profile (SBP) data along the forearc slope off Miyagi, Japan, are combined to investigate structural-morphological and sedimentary structures along the forearc slope of the Japan Trench subduction zone. In addition to dip-oriented slope gullies, the MB data image a nearly dip-perpendicular slope trough bounded by a fault scarp landward of the trench-slope break. Seaward of the trench-slope break, the subbottom mostly contains normal faults that dip in opposite directions. The SBP data show not only unconformity and sliding surfaces, but also underfilled (forearc trough) and filled structures that may reflect the most recent forearc subsidence and basin filling. We propose these forearc trough and associated filling structures may indicate the earliest developments of modern isolated basins. Thus, a model of forearc basin development from slope gully to slope trough, isolated basins and forearc basin, transferred by active structures, could be proposed. Observed seafloor liquefaction in the SBP data may represent a near-surface seep structure of a plumbing system that enables hydrosphere-mantle fluid migration plausibly activated by earthquake cycles.
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