Tectonic Development of the Median Zone (Setouti) of Southwest Japan, since the Miocene : With special Reference to the characteristic Structure of Central Kinki Area

Abstract

Many geologists are paying attentions to the zonal arrangement of the geological and geophysical features in Japan. One of the most striking facts is that two recently active belts running along the Mariana Arc and the Ryukyu Arc traverse the old Honsyu Arc almost meridionally (S_UGIMURA, 1960)....