Active faults and neotectonics in Japan

Abstract

The Japanese Islands, including the continental shelves and slopes surrounding them, form an active tectonic belt. The overall distribution and regional characteristics of Quaternary faults have recently been clarified, and are now being supplemented in detail. Some topics, including the studies of active faults on shallow sea and lake bottoms, the geomorphic and structural evolution of and the surface deformation associated with thrust faults, and the excavation of active faults with or without historic activity, are also reviewed. -from Authors