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GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS
卷 23, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2022GC010331
关键词
Nankai Trough; forearc basin; megathrust; subduction; earthquake; segmentation
资金
- JSPS KAKENHI [15H05717, JP21H05202, JP21H01189, JP20H01997]
- Tokyo Geographical Society
This study examines the geologic structure of the boundary region between the Kumano and Muroto domains off the Kii Peninsula and finds that upper plate composition plays a key role in controlling segmentation.
The causes for forearc basin and megathrust rupture zone segmentation are controversial. The Nankai forearc, Japan, is separated into five domains based on topography: Enshu, Kumano, Muroto, Tosa, and Hyuga. The boundaries of these domains correspond to the rupture limits of large earthquakes. We examined the geologic structure of the boundary region between the Kumano and Muroto domains off the Kii Peninsula using multichannel seismic reflection data to evaluate the role of upper plate composition in controlling segmentation. The results suggest that thick cover sediments and underlying accretionary prism are obliquely thrust landward over the igneous basement complex rock in the region of offshore of Cape Shionomisaki and separate the forearc basin. The igneous basement complex rocks directly overlying the plate interface in the hypocentral regions of 1944 Tonankai and 1946 Nankai earthquakes. The 1944 earthquake originated at the base of the complex, and the rupture extent slipped past its basement boundary, whereas the 1946 event nucleated at the updip boundary of the basement complex. The dense igneous rocks might have worked as a heavily loaded barrier on the seismogenic megathrust and separated the rupture area of both the earthquakes. Upper plate geology may be an important factor in controlling seismogenesis in the Nankai Trough and may serve as an example for understanding the controls on megathrust slip in other subduction zones.
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