Destructive Earthquake: Forecast and Disaster Prevention Measures. Significance of Imaging Seismogenic and Active Fault Systems for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation.
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- SATO Hiroshi
- Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
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- ITO Tanio
- Department of Earth Sciences, Chiba University
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- IKEDA Yasutaka
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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- HIRATA Naoshi
- Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
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- IMAIZUMI Toshifumi
- Department of Geography, Yamanashi Univeristy
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- IKAWA Takeshi
- Japex Geoscience Institute
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- Other Title
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- 地震災害を考える 予測と対策 震源断層‐活断層システムのイメージングの意義と現状
- シンゲン ダンソウ カツダンソウ システム ノ イメージング ノ イギ ト ゲンジョウ
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Abstract
Knowledge of the geometry and connectivity of seismogenic and active fault systems is a key to understanding on-going active tectonic processes and evaluating the risk of destructive earthquakes. Knowing the geometry of the deeper extensions of active faults in the seismogenic zone, contributes to estimating source parameters for scenario earthquakes, like fault geometry, co-seismic displacement, and the location of possible asperities. Together with monitoring seismicity and surface deformation, delineating the geometry of seismogenic faults allows us to construct quantitative models of crustal deformation. Seismic reflection profiling is a powerful tool to discern the deep geometry of faults. Since the Kobe earthquake of 1995, deep seismic profilings have been carried out across some active faults in the Japanese islands, such as the Ou Backbone Range in northern Honshu. Through these seismic experiments, using vibroseis trucks and explosive sources, the geometry of seismogenic and active fault systems is successfully obtained in spite of some difficulties due to rough topography, high attenuation and man-made noise. Deep seismic profiling has a great potential for the direct imaging deep crustal structures, including deep fault geometry.
Journal
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- Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)
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Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 110 (6), 838-848, 2001
Tokyo Geographical Society
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- CRID
- 1390001204230235392
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- NII Article ID
- 10007646659
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- NII Book ID
- AN00322536
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- ISSN
- 18840884
- 0022135X
- http://id.crossref.org/issn/0022135X
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- NDL BIB ID
- 6046467
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- CiNii Articles
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- Disallowed