Kinematic model for the opening of the Sea of Japan and the bending of the Japanese islands

Celaya, Michael A.; McCabe, Robert

doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<53:kmftoo>2.0.co;2

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“…This pattern of opposing rotation of northern and southern Honshu is analogous to the ''double saloon door'' rifting model of Martin [2007]. Celaya and McCabe [1987] suggested that northern Honshu rotated anticlockwise about a pivot point near Hokkaido, as a result of the mid-Miocene collision of the Hokkaido arc with Hokkaido [Kimura et al, 1983;Okada, 1983;Komatsu et al, 1983]. It has been suggested that southwest Honshu rotated clockwise about a pivot point between Kyushu and the Korean peninsula ( Figure A13) [Otofuji et al, 1985], a region adjacent to the collision of the northern end of the Izu Bonin arc with Kyushu $15 Ma ago [e.g., Ishikawa and Tagami, 1991;Lee et al, 1999].…”

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Collisional model for rapid fore‐arc block rotations, arc curvature, and episodic back‐arc rifting in subduction settings

Wallace

Ellis

Mann

2009

Geochem Geophys Geosyst

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[1] We review geophysical and geological data from 23 active and ancient plate boundaries to document a compelling spatial and temporal relationship between collision, plate boundary curvature, rapid tectonic rotations, and the occurrence of back-arc rifting. Our observations support a conceptual model where the change from subduction to collision causes rapid fore-arc rotation (when viewed in a reference frame relative to the bounding tectonic plates), leading to marked plate boundary curvature. Our global compilation reveals that most active back-arc rifts are associated with rapidly rotating fore arcs and nearby collisions. Thus, we propose that collision and rapid fore-arc rotations play a major role in the evolution and kinematics of back-arc basins. We conduct numerical modeling to better understand the physical processes behind these observed rapid tectonic rotations at convergent margins. Our results suggest that the presence of an indentor or choke point in the subduction system (e.g., collision) can generate rapid rotation of the fore arc about a nearby pole and lead to back-arc rifting. The rate of fore-arc rotation and back-arc rifting depends on the incoming indentor velocity and can be greatly enhanced by slab rollback and the presence of a low-viscosity back arc. Where viscosity of the back arc is low, fore-arc rotation dominates; where back-arc viscosity is high, the formation of strike-slip faults and tectonic escape dominates. Our observational and model-derived results illustrate that shallow crustal forces produced by the entry of buoyant features into subduction zones are a fundamental mechanism for the generation of fore-arc block rotations, plate boundary curvature, back-arc rift evolution, and tectonic escape in subduction systems. Rollback of the subducting slab within the mantle will certainly enhance the processes we describe but it is not the only driving force. Wallace, L. M., S. Ellis, and P. Mann (2009), Collisional model for rapid fore-arc block rotations, arc curvature, and episodic back-arc rifting in subduction settings, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q05001,

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Section: A3 Ancient Examples Of Arc Curvature Tectonic Rotation Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collisional model for rapid fore‐arc block rotations, arc curvature, and episodic back‐arc rifting in subduction settings

Wallace

Ellis

Mann

2009

Geochem Geophys Geosyst

104

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“…All of these studies present evidence supporting major rotations of the Japan Arc in concert Tamaki (1988), based on work by Ishiwada et al (1984). with rapid opening of the Japan Sea during early to middle Miocene time (e.g., Kawai, 1961;Yaskawa, 1975;Matsuda, 1983, 1987;Hayashida, 1986;Celaya and McCabe, 1987;Hirooka, 1987;Tosha and Hamano, 1988). Most recently, Tatsumi et al (1989) invoked a model involving Oligocene-Miocene asthenospheric injection of mantle material, which they propose was ultimately responsible for Miocene back-arc extension and spreading of the sea between 21 and 14 Ma, following eastward migration of the northeast Japan Arc (Tohoku Arc) ca.…”

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Introduction, Background, and Principal Results of Leg 128 of the Ocean Drilling Program, Japan Sea

Ingle¹,

Suyehiro²,

Breymann³

1990

Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program

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“…The rotational process of SW Japan is well established based on the paleomagnetic database that has been growing since the 1980's (Otofuji, 1996, and references therein); it seems to have rotated through more than 40° at about 15 Ma. The rotational process of NE Japan also has been discussed by many researchers based on late Mesozoic to Cenozoic paleomagnetic data (Otofuji et al, 1985(Otofuji et al, , 1994Celaya and McCabe, 1987;Moreau et al, 1987;Nishitani and Tanoue, 1987;Tosha and Hamano, 1988;Fujiwara, 1992). Recently, Otofuji et al (1994) have emphasized that northern NE Japan rotated counter-clockwise through more than 45° at about 15 Ma as a "single rigid block," accompanying the contemporaneous rapid clockwise rotation of SW Japan.…”

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Early Miocene paleomagnetic results from the Ninohe area, NE Japan: Implications for arc rotation and intra-arc differential rotations

Hoshi

Matsubara

2014

Earth Planet Sp

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We have carried out a paleomagnetic study on well-dated Early Miocene volcanic rocks from the Ninohe area in northern NE Japan. Dacitic welded tuffs ranging from 24 to 21 Ma possess westerly paleomagnetic directions with normal polarity (formation-mean: D/I = 294.5°/44.2° with α 95 = 8.3°, 8 sites), while the andesite flows formed at 17 Ma exhibit southerly directions with reversed polarity (D/I = 186.6°/-61.9°, 2 sites). A positive conglomerate test assures the stability of high-temperature components of remanent magnetization. Our results demonstrate that northern NE Japan rotated counter-clockwise through more than 60° between 21 and 17 Ma, most likely in association with the opening of the Japan Sea. The rotation of northern NE Japan thus preceded the about 15 Ma rapid clockwise rotation of SW Japan, and was synchronous with the possible pre-16 Ma southward translation of it. In comparison with published data, we further suggest that intra-arc block rotations occurred in the back-arc region of NE Japan during and after the arc rotation.

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Kinematic model for the opening of the Sea of Japan and the bending of the Japanese islands

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Collisional model for rapid fore‐arc block rotations, arc curvature, and episodic back‐arc rifting in subduction settings

Collisional model for rapid fore‐arc block rotations, arc curvature, and episodic back‐arc rifting in subduction settings

Introduction, Background, and Principal Results of Leg 128 of the Ocean Drilling Program, Japan Sea

Early Miocene paleomagnetic results from the Ninohe area, NE Japan: Implications for arc rotation and intra-arc differential rotations

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