Characteristics of horizontal crustal deformation in Japan as deduced from frequency distribution of maximum shear strain rate |
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Authors: | Yoichiro Fujii |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Ibaraki University, 310 Mito, Japan |
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Abstract: | In order to study characteristics of horizontal crustal strains, we divide the Japanese Islands into 14 tectonic provinces
consistent with the suggestion given byMatsuda (1990). We calculate frequency distribution of strain rates using the results of the Precise Control Survey initiated by
the Geographical Survey Institute in 1973. This survey is a revision of old first- and second-order triangulation networks
by trilateration. The principal axes and principal strains inside all the geodetic triangles are deduced from the comparison
of the old triangulation and the new trilateration networks. The maximum shear strain rates are calculated by dividing the
accumulated strains with the time intervals. The frequency distribution of strain rates is counted for each tectonic province
and for the entire Japanese Islands.
It is proved that the maximum shear strain rate with highest frequency ranges from 0.10–0.15 microstrain/a for 4409 data in
the Japanese Islands. The mean value of the strain rates throughout the Japanese Islands is deduced to be 0.18 microstrain/a.
We also calculated a mean value of strain rates for each tectonic province. Comparison is made between mean geodetic strain
rates in the provinces and Quaternary strain rates estimated by geomorphic data. It is found that 0.3–0.4 microstrain/a of
the highest order strain rate is now prevailing in the Izu province, the south Fossa-Magna collision zone, and some special
provinces along the eastern part of the Japan Sea coast. |
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Keywords: | Precise Geodetic Survey tectonic provinces in the Japanese Islands frequency distribution of maximum shear strain rate |
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