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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 36, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040749
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- National Science Foundation
- Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture, and Technology in Japan
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C [19540453]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19540453] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Sediment dominated convergent margins typically record substantial horizontal shortening often associated with great earthquakes. The convergent margin south of Japan is arguably one of the most extensively investigated margins and previous studies have documented extensive evidence for accretion and horizontal shortening. Here, we show results from anelastic strains recovered from three partially lithified sediment samples (similar to 40% porosities) across the southwest Japan accretionary prism and propose that the margin is dominated by horizontal extension rather than compression. The anelastic strain results are also consistent with stress directions interpreted from two independent techniques - bore hole breakout orientations and core-scale fault data. We interpret this unexpected result to reflect geologically recent under-thrusting of a thick sediment package and concomitant weakening of the decollement. Citation: Byrne, T. B., W. Lin, A. Tsutsumi, Y. Yamamoto, J. C. Lewis, K. Kanagawa, Y. Kitamura, A. Yamaguchi, and G. Kimura (2009), Anelastic strain recovery reveals extension across SW Japan subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L23310, doi: 10.1029/2009GL040749.
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