Splay Fault Branching Along the Nankai Subduction Zone
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- 16 August 2002
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 297 (5584) , 1157-1160
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1074111
Abstract
Seismic reflection profiles reveal steeply landward–dipping splay faults in the rupture area of the magnitude (M) 8.1 Tonankai earthquake in the Nankai subduction zone. These splay faults branch upward from the plate-boundary interface (that is, the subduction zone) at a depth of ∼10 kilometers, ∼50 to 55 kilometers landward of the trough axis, breaking through the upper crustal plate. Slip on the active splay fault may be an important mechanism that accommodates the elastic strain caused by relative plate motion.Keywords
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