Japan Sea: a pull-apart basin?

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Lallemand, Serge, Jolivet, Laurent
• Other Authors: Université d'Orléans (UO), Laboratoire de Géodynamique (ERA-601 CNRS ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris Saclay)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 1985
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.TE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Tectonics; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Yamato; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03270213; https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(86)90088-9

International audience Recent field work in the Hokkaido Central Belt and marine geology studies along the eastern margin of Japan Sea in addition to previously published data lead us to propose a new model of opening of the Japan Sea. The synthesis of both on-land and offshore structural data gives...