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Accretionary Prisms and Convergent Margin Tectonics in the Northwest Pacific Basin

Accretionary Prisms and Convergent Margin Tectonics in the Northwest Pacific Basin

Ogawa, Yujiro
Anma, Ryo
Dilek, Yildirim

Hardcover

Series: Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, Book 8

Environmental StudiesGeologyPhysics

ISBN10: 9048188849
ISBN13: 9789048188840
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: May 19 2011
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Accretionary prisms in convergent margins are natural laboratories for exploring initial orogenic processes and mountain building episodes. They are also an important component of continental growth both vertically and laterally. Accretionary prisms are seismically highly active and their internal deformation via megathrusting and out-of-sequence faulting are a big concern for earthquake and tsunami damage in many coastal cities around the Pacific Rim. The geometries and structures of modern accretionary prisms have been well imaged seismically and through deep drilling projects of the Ocean Drilling Program (and recently IODP) during the last 15 years. Better understanding of the spatial distribution and temporal progression of accretionary prism deformation, structural and hydrologic evolution of the décollement zone (tectonic interface between the subducting slab and the upper plate), chemical gradients and fluid flow paths within accretionary prisms, contrasting stratigraphic and deformational framework along-strike in accretionary prisms, and the distribution and ecosystems of biological communities in accretionary prism settings is most important in interpreting the evolution of ancient complex sedimentary terrains and orogenic belts in terms of subduction-related processes.

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