Keywords:
Geology -- Northwest, Pacific.
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Geology, Structural.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book documents the geological, geophysical, geochemical and paleontological features of modern accretionay prisms and trenches in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, based on 10 years of submersible dive cruises, ODP drilling projects and geophysical surveys.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (293 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789048188857
Series Statement:
Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences Series ; v.8
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=763192
DDC:
551.136
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Accretionary Prisms and Convergent Margin Tectonics in the Northwest Pacific Basin -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Bending-Related Topographic Structures of the Subducting Plate in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data and Methods -- 2.1 Bathymetric Data -- 2.2 Geomagnetic Data -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Overview of the Bathymetric Features -- 3.2 Topographic Expression of the Trenches -- 3.3 Bending-Related Structures of the Oceanward Trench Slopes -- 3.3.1 Kuril Trench -- 3.3.2 Japan Trench -- 3.3.3 Izu-Ogasawara Trench -- 3.4 Magnetic Anomalies -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Strike of Bending-Related Topographic Structures -- 4.2 Topographic Expression of Bending-Related Structures -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Erosional Subduction Zonein the Northern Japan Trench: Review of Submersible Dive Reports -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Oceanward Slope Topography and Geology off Miyako -- 3 Landward Slope Topography and Geology off Miyako -- 4 Lineaments of the Oceanward and Landward Slopes off Miyako -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Boso TTT-Type Triple Junction: Formation of Miocene to Quaternary Accretionary Prisms and Present-Day Gravitational Collapse -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Review of Sedimentation, Topography, and Plate Configuration -- 2.1 Sedimentation -- 2.2 Topographic Development of the Area from the Eastern Margin of the Sagami Trough to the Boso Triple Junction -- 2.3 Katsuura Basin and Mogi Submarine Fan in the Bando Deepsea Basin -- 2.4 Review of 3D Structure Based on Multichannel Seismic Profiles and Multibeam Echosounder Data -- 2.5 Relationship Between the Tectonic and Age Data -- 3 Diatom Analysis -- 3.1 Materials, Method, and Results -- 3.2 Diatom Biostratigraphy -- 3.2.1 Pleistocene to Holocene Samples -- 3.2.2 Middle Miocene Sample -- 3.3 Summary of Age of Samples.
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3.4 Correlation to the Marine Rocks of the Izu Forearc -- 4 Tectonic Synthesis: Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Rifting Structure of Central Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) Arc Crust: Results of Seismic Crustal Imaging -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data Acquisition -- 3 Data and Modeling Procedure -- 4 Description of Velocity Images -- 4.1 Line IBr9 -- 4.2 Line IBr10 -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Structural Commonalities and Differences -- 5.2 Origin of the Arc Crust -- 5.3 History of the Rifted Crust -- 5.4 Reason for the Thin Crust in the Central Izu-Ogasawara Arc -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Seafloor Geology of the Basement Serpentinite Body in the Ohmachi Seamount (Izu-Bonin Arc) as Exhumed Parts of a Subduction Zone Within the Philippine Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geologic Setting and Bathymetry -- 3 Lithology -- 3.1 Serpentinites -- 3.1.1 Massive Serpentinite -- 3.1.2 Schistose Serpentinite -- 3.2 Amphibole Schist -- 3.3 Paleogene Volcanic Rocks -- 3.4 Miocene Turbidite -- 3.5 Soft Mud Beds -- 4 Dive and Dredge Results -- 4.1 Dive 6K#341 -- 4.2 Dive 6K#570 -- 4.3 Dive 6K#571 -- 4.4 Dive 6K#575 -- 4.5 Dive 6K#608 -- 4.6 Dive 6K#609 -- 4.7 Dive 6K#610 -- 4.8 Dive 6K#1064 -- 4.9 Dive 6K#1065 -- 4.10 Dive 6K#1066 -- 4.11 Dive 6K#1067 -- 4.12 Dive 6K#1068 -- 4.13 Dredges -- 5 Interpretation of Geologic Structures -- 5.1 Serpentinite Body -- 5.2 Overlying Formations -- 6 Structural Characteristics of Sub-crustal Origins -- 7 Exhumation to the Surface -- 8 Appendix: In Situ Measurement of Geological Surface Orientation by Submersible -- References -- Petrology and Mineralogy of Mantle Peridotites from the Southern Marianas -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Description of Dredge Sites and Geological Background -- 3 Petrographic Descriptions of the Peridotites -- 4 Chemical Composition of the Minerals -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Origin of the Plagioclase-Bearing Peridotite.
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5.2 Degree of Partial Melting -- 5.3 Degree of Melt Impregnation -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Tectonics of Unusual Crustal Accretionin the Parece Vela Basin -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Oceanic Core Complexes -- 3 Crustal Accretion in the Parece Vela Basin -- 3.1 Morphology and Spreading of the Parece Vela Basin -- 3.2 Oceanic Core Complexes in the Parece Vela Basin -- 4 Mechanisms That Account for the Unusual Characteristics of the Parece Vela Basin -- 4.1 Presence of a Cold and/or Refractory Mantle Domain -- 4.2 Declining Spreading Rate During a Later Phase of the Second-Stage Spreading of the Parece Vela Basin -- 4.3 Transform Sandwich Effect -- 5 Relationships Between Mantle Thermal Anomaly, Fracture Zone Geometry, Occurrence of Oceanic Core Complexes and Spreading Rate -- 5.1 St. Paul FZ in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge -- 5.2 Australian-Antarctic Discordance in the Southeast Indian Ridge -- 5.3 Valdivia FZ in the Chile Ridge -- 6 Tectono-Magmatic Characteristics of Intra-Transform Spreading Centers in Fast-Spreading Ridges -- 7 Summary -- References -- Structural Profile and Development of the Accretionary Complex in the Nankai Trough, Southwest Japan: Results of Submersible Studies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Framework of the Accretionary Complex in the Nankai Trough and the Shionomisaki Submarine Canyon -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Structural Profile of the Nankai Accretionary Complex -- 4.1 Frontal Thrust Zone (Dive 6K#938) -- 4.2 Imbricate Thrust Zone (Dive 6K#522) -- 4.3 The Megasplay Fault Zone (6K#579, 6K#889~891): Field Observations -- 4.4 The Megasplay Fault Zone: Material Properties, Depositional Ages and Cements -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Faults in the Accretionary Complex of the Nankai Trough -- 5.2 Tectonic Deformation vs. Creeping -- 5.3 Development of the Accretionary Complex -- 5.4 Roles of Carbonate Cementation in Concentration of Fluid and Strain.
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6 Summary -- References -- Submarine Outcrop Evidence for Transpressional Deformation Within the Nankai Accretionary Prism, Tenryu Canyon, Japan -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Tenryu Canyon -- 3 Outcrop Geology of Tenryu Canyon from SHINKAI 6500 -- 4 Dive-Transect Maps -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Rapid Exhumation of Subducted Sediments Along an Out-of-Sequence Thrust in the Modern Eastern Nankai Accretionary Prism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Deformed Rocks of the Tenryu Canyon -- 3 Ages of Recovered Rocks -- 4 Illite Crystallinity and Vitrinite Reflectance -- 5 Physical-Mechanical Properties of Recovered Rocks -- 6 Processes of Tectonic Burial and Rapid Exhumation in the NAP -- 6.1 Burial Conditions -- 6.2 Processes and Mechanism of Rapid Exhumation -- References -- Dark Bands in the Submarine Nankai Accretionary Prism - Comparisons with Miocene-Pliocene Onshore Examples from Boso Peninsula -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geological Setting of the Study Area -- 3 Occurrence of Samples and Dark Bands -- 3.1 6K#893 R-3 -- 3.2 6K#1056 R6-2, 6K#1060 R2-1 and R2-2 -- 4 Internal Structure of the Dark Bands -- 4.1 DB-1 in 6K#893 R-3 -- 4.2 DB-2 in 6K#893 R-3 -- 4.3 6K #1056 R6-2 -- 4.4 6K#1060 R2-1 -- 4.5 6K#1060 R2-2 -- 5 Comparison with the Miura-Boso Accretionary Prism and Formation Processes and Mechanisms of the Dark Bands -- 5.1 Characteristics of the Dark Bands of the Miura-Boso Accretionary Prism -- 5.2 DB-1 in 6K#893 R-3 -- 5.3 DB-2 in 6K#893 R-3 -- 5.4 6K#1056 R6-2 -- 5.5 6K#1060 R2-1 -- 5.6 6K#1060 R2-2 -- 6 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Gas Chemistry of Pore Fluids from Oomine Ridge on the Nankai Accretionary Prism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sampling -- 3 Analysis -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Quality of Extracted Gas -- 4.2 Pore-Water Chemistry -- 4.3 Gas Chemistry of Reactive Components.
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4.4 Gas Chemistry of Nonreactive Components -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Long-Term Stability of Acoustic Benchmarks Deployed on Thick Sediment for GPS/Acoustic Seafloor Positioning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Diving Surveys -- 3 Discussions -- 4 Summary -- References -- Index.
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