Distribution of vertical crustal movement rates in the Tohoku district, Japan, predicted by least-squares collocation     

G. S. El-Fiky  Teruyuki Kato  Yoichiro Fujii 《Journal of Geodesy》1997,71(7):432-442

Least-squares prediction using an empirically deduced local covariance function was performed to investigate the temporal change in the rates of vertical crustal movements in the Tohoku district, Japan. Levelling data covering an area of approximately 450 × 275 km² observed between 1966 and 1995 were used and the results shown in the form of contour maps. Firstly we derived a covariance function of the rates of vertical crustal movement with a Gaussian form function. We used this function to estimate the spatial distribution of the rates of vertical crustal movements. By the present method, a steady tilt of the Tohoku district to the east, toward the Japan Trench and an areal uplift in the southwestern part were well reproduced. Moreover, a significant temporal change in vertical movement rates is clearly seen. Received: 15 July 1996   相似文献   

Moisture movement under a temperature gradient in highly compacted bentonite     

T. Kanno  K. Kato  J. Yamagata 《Engineering Geology》1996,41(1-4):287-300

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High time resolution monitoring of tropospheric temperature with a Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS)     

T. Tsuda  Y. Masuda  H. Inuki  K. Takahashi  T. Takami  T. Sato  S. Fukao  S. Kato 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1989,130(2-3):497-507

We have observed the time-height variation of the temperature field in the upper troposphere using a Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) which consists of the MU radar and a high-power acoustic transmitter. The fast beam steerability of the MU radar has made it possible to measure temperature profiles in a fairly wide height range in the upper troposphere (5–11 km), even under intense wind conditions. Observations were continued for about 32 hr on 24–26 December, 1986 with a time-height resolution of 30 min and 150 m. During the observation period, the tropospheric jet was so intense that the acoustic wavefronts were severely distorted. Using wind velocity profiles observed by the MU radar we have numerically estimated the propagation of acoustic wavefronts, and further determined favorable pointing directions for the MU radar to receive significant backscattering from refractive index fluctuations produced by the acoustic waves. Conventional radiosonde soundings were carried out every 6 hr, which showed a temperature decrease of 4 K/day in the upper troposphere during the observation period. Temperature profiles taken by RASS agree well with the radiosonde results.  相似文献   

Effect of Sliding Rate on the Activity of Acoustic Emission During Stable Sliding     

Y. Yabe  N. Kato  K. Yamamoto  T. Hirasawa 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2003,160(7):1163-1189

--The mechanical and statistical characteristics of acoustic emission (AE) events during stable sliding are investigated through a laboratory experiment using a granite specimen with a pre-cut fault. Numerous AE events are found to be generated on the pre-cut fault, indicating that microscopically unstable fracture occurs during macroscopically stable sliding. The composite focal mechanism solution of AE events is determined from the first motion directions of P-waves. The determined mechanism is consistent with the double-couple one expected for the slip on the pre-cut fault. The source radii of large AE events are estimated to be about 10 mm from the widths of the first P-wave pulses. These indicate that the AE events are generated by shear fracture whose faulting area is a part of the pre-cut fault plane. The occurrence of AE events as a stochastic process approximately obeys the Poisson process, if the effect of mutually dependent events consti tuting clusters is corrected. The observed amplitude-frequency relation of AE events approximately follows a power law for a limited amplitude range. As the macroscopic sliding rate increases, the number of AE events per unit sliding distance decreases. This rate dependence of the AE activity is qualitatively consistent with the observation that the real area of contact between sliding surfaces decreases with an increase in the sliding rate as reported in the literature.  相似文献   

High-angle reverse faulting associated with the 1946 Nankaido earthquake     

Teruyuki Kato   《Tectonophysics》1983,96(1-2)

Analysis of vertical crustal deformation data in the southwestern part of Shikoku, southwest Japan, suggests that the Nankaido earthquake of 1946 (M_w = 8.1), which is a principal interplate thrust earthquake, was accompanied by subsidiary faulting on a splay fault adjacent to the coast of Shikoku. Discarding crustal movement resulting from the main thrusting of the Nankaido earthquake, local leveling data are explained by slip on a simple rectangular thrust fault located just offshore of Shikoku. Although it is difficult to constrain the fault location, a possible result is a high-angle thrust dipping landward at an angle of about 70°, with a dislocation of about 1.5 m, and source dimensions of 30 × 13 km along strike and dip. respectively. This result indicates that the fault may be one of the steeply dipping subsidiary faults branching from the main low-angle thrust, as was the case in the Alaska earthquake of 1964. Although several lines of evidence suggest that this faulting occurred as slow aseismic slip, its discrimination from the main seismic event is extremely difficult. This kind of high-angle thrusting just offshore of the coast would play an important role for the formation of the marine terraces during the late Quaternary period.  相似文献   

Pressure and temperature dependence of cation distribution in Mg-Mn olivine     

Tadashi Akamatsu  Kiyoshi Fujino  Mineo Kumazawa  Akio Fujimura  Manabu Kato  Hiroshi Sawamoto  Takamitsu Yamanaka 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》1988,16(2):105-113

Synthetic (Mg_0.51, Mn_0.49)₂SiO₄ olivine samples are heat-treated at three different pressures; 0, 8 and 12 GPa, all at the same temperature (～500° C). X-ray structure analyses on these single crystals are made in order to see the pressure effect on cation distribution. The intersite distribution coefficient of Mg and Mn in M1 and M2 sites, K _D = (Mn/Mg) _M1/(Mn/Mg) _M2, of these samples are 0.192 (0 GPa), 0.246 (8 GPa) and 0.281 (12 GPa), indicating cationic disordering with pressure. The small differences of cell dimensions between these samples are determined by powder X-ray diffraction. Cell dimensions b and c decrease, whereas a increases with pressure of equilibration. Cell volume decreases with pressure as a result of a large contraction of the b cell dimension. The effect of pressure on the free energy of the cation exchange reaction is evaluated by the observed relation between the cell volume and the site occupancy numbers. The magnitude of the pressure effect on cation distribution is only a fifth of that predicted from the observed change in volume combined with thermodynamic theory. This phenomenon is attributed to nonideality in this solid solution, and nonideal parameters are required to describe cation distribution determined in the present and previous experiments. We use a five-parameter equation to specify the cationic equilibrium on the basic of thermodynamic theory. It includes one energy parameter of ideal mixing, two parameters for nonideal effects, one volume parameter, and one thermal parameter originated from the lattice vibrational energy. The present data combined with some of the existing data are used to determine the five parameters, and the cation distribution in Mg-Mn olivine is described as a function of temperature, pressure, and composition. The basic framework of describing the cationic behavior in olivine-type mineral is worked out, although the result is preliminary: each of the determined parameters is not accurate enough to enable us to make a reliable prediction.  相似文献   

New compositional and optical data for antimonian and bismuthian varieties of hemusite from Japan     

Dr. M. Shimizu  Dr. C. J. Stanley  Dr. A. J. Criddle  Dr. A. Kato  Dr. S. Matsubara 《Mineralogy and Petrology》1991,45(1):11-17

Summary New compositional and optical data are reported for antimonian and antimonianbismuthian varieties of hemusite from epithermal Au-Ag-Cu deposits in Japan. The empirical formula for the antimonian variety, from the Iriki mine is: (Cu_5.83Fe_0.14Ag_0.01)_5.98Mo_1.03(Sn_0.54Sb_0.41Te_0.03Bi_0.02)_1.00(S_7.85Se_0.15)_8.00, and that of the Sb-Bi variety from the Kawazu mine is: (Cu_5.84Fe_0.14Ag_0.01)_5.99Mo_1.03(Sn_0.82Sb_0.11Bi_0.l0Te_0.04)_1.07(S_7.80Se_0.12)_7.92. The theoretical formula of hemusite is Cu⁺ ₄Cu²⁺ ₂MO⁴⁺Sn⁴⁺S₈, whilst the most probable formula of the Iriki hemusite is Cu⁺ _4.5CU²⁺ _1.5Mo⁴⁺Sn⁴⁺ _0.5Sb⁵⁺ _0.5S₈, with Sb⁵⁺ substituting for Sn⁴⁺ and forming (SbS₄)^3– tetrahedra as might be expected, given that the metal to sulphur ratio is 1, and given the sphalerite-like structure of the mineral. However Bi³⁺ cannot be so accommodated, resulting in a deficiency in (S + Se) for Kawazu hemusite. Reflectance spectra for both are compared with those of the tungsten analogue (compositional) of hemusite, kiddcreekite. The relationship between hemusitesensu stricto and these newly reported varieties is discussed in terms of simple and coupled chemical substitutions, and inferences are drawn on the valency of Sb, Bi, Mo and Cu in the hemusite structure.

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Neue chemische und optische Daten für antimon- und bismuthführende Varietäten von Hemusit aus Japan

Zusammenfassung Neue chemische und optische Daten für antimon- und bismuthführende Hemusite auf epithermalen Au-Ag-Cu Lagerstätten in Japan werden vorgelegt. Die empirische Formel für die antimon-führende Varietät aus der Iriki-Mine ist: (Cu_5.83Fe_0.14Ag_0.01)_5.98Mo_1.03(Sn_0.54Sb_0.41Te_0.03Bi_0.02)_1.00 (S_7.85Se_0.15)_8.00, und die der Sb-Bi Varietät aus der Kawazu Mine ist: (Cu_5.84Fe_0.14Ag_0.01)_5.99M0_1.03(Sn_0.82Sb_0.11Bi_0.l0Te_0.04)_1.07 (S_7.80Se_0.12)_7.92. Die theoretische Formel von Hemusit ist Cu⁺ ₄Cu²⁺ ₂Mo⁴⁺Sn⁴⁺S₈, während die wahrscheinlichere Formel für den Hemusit von Iriki Cu⁺ ₄Cu²⁺ _1.5Mo⁴⁺Sn⁴⁺ _0.5Sb⁵⁺ _0.5S₈, mit Sb⁵⁺ an der Stelle von Sn⁴⁺, das(SbS₄)^3– Tetraeder bildet, wie zu erwarten ist, unter der Voraussetzung, da das Metall zu Schwefelverhältnis 1 und die Struktur sphaleritähnlich ist. Bi³⁺ kann jedoch nicht in dieser Weise untergebracht werden, und das führt zu einem Mangel an (S + Se) für den Hemusit von Kawazu. Die Reflektions-Spektren beider Minerale werden mit denen des Wolfram-Equivalents von Hemusit (Kiddcreekit) verglichen. Die Beziehung zwischen Hemusitsensu stricto und diesen jetzt beschriebenen Varietäten wird auf der Basis einfacher und gekoppelter chemischer Substitution diskutiert. Auf dieser Basis werden Schlüsse auf die Valenz von Sb, Bi Mo und Cu in der Hemusit-Struktur gezogen.

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Expansion of aftershock areas caused by propagating post-seismic sliding   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Naoyuki Kato 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,168(2):797-808

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Quaternary bedrock erosion and landscape evolution in the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Reevaluating rates and processes     

Norikazu Matsuoka  Cline E. Thomachot  Chiaki T. Oguchi  Tamao Hatta  Masahiro Abe  Hiroyuki Matsuzaki 《Geomorphology》2006,81(3-4):408-420

Rates and processes of rock weathering, soil formation, and mountain erosion during the Quaternary were evaluated in an inland Antarctic cold desert. The fieldwork involved investigations of weathering features and soil profiles for different stages after deglaciation. Laboratory analyses addressed chemistry of rock coatings and soils, as well as ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al exposure ages of the bedrock. Less resistant gneiss bedrock exposed over 1 Ma shows stone pavements underlain by in situ produced silty soils thinner than 40 cm and rich in sulfates, which reflect the active layer thickness, the absence of cryoturbation, and the predominance of salt weathering. During the same exposure period, more resistant granite bedrock has undergone long-lasting cavernous weathering that produces rootless mushroom-like boulders with a strongly Fe-oxidized coating. The red coating protects the upper surface from weathering while very slow microcracking progresses by the growth of sulfates. Geomorphological evidence and cosmogenic exposure ages combine to provide contrasting average erosion rates. No erosion during the Quaternary is suggested by a striated roche moutonnée exposed more than 2 Ma ago. Differential erosion between granite and gneiss suggests a significant lowering rate of desert pavements in excess of 10 m Ma^− 1. The landscape has been (on the whole) stable, but the erosion rate varies spatially according to microclimate, geology, and surface composition.  相似文献   

A Special Issue: Seafloor Processes and Related Mineralization in the Panthalassa: The Phanerozoic Records from the Japanese Accretionary Complexes - Part II     

Yasuhiro Kato  Kosei Komuro 《Resource Geology》2006,56(4):397-398

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