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High resolution seismic velocity structure around the Yamasaki fault zone of southwest Japan as revealed from travel-time tomography
Nugraha A.D.a, Ohmi S.b, Mori J.b, Shibutani T.b
a Global Geophysics Research Group, Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institute of Technology, Indonesia
b Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]The Yamasaki fault zone in southwestern Japan currently has a high potential for producing a large damaging earthquake. We carried out a seismic tomographic study to determine detailed crustal structures for the region. The velocity model clearly images a low-velocity and high Vp/V s (high Poisson’s ratio) anomaly in the lower crust beneath the Yamasaki fault zone at a depth of ∼ 15-20 km. This anomaly may be associated with the existence of partially-melted minerals. The existence of this anomaly below the fault zone may contribute to changing the long-term stress concentration in the seismogenic zone. Copyright © The Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (SGEPSS).[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Travel-time tomography,Velocity structure,Yamasaki fault[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Acknowledgments. We thank the Tottori and Abuyama Observatories of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, the University of Tokyo, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology (AIST), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (MEXT), and the Japan Meteorological Agency for providing earthquake arrival-time data. We thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments which significantly improved the paper.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.5047/eps.2012.12.004[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]