Sentence examples for major fault systems from inspiring English sources

The reactivation of these tectonic trends controlled the major fault systems of the WCMI.

Our results indicate that the major fault systems of the Potiguar Basin were superimposed on the Precambrian fabric.

Possible sources of tectonic contributor would be the two major fault systems of the Tancheng-Lujiang fault and the Korea-Taiwan strait fault (several hundred kilometers away), the nearest subduction front of the Pacific Plate (over 1,000 km away), and far-field expression of the India-Asia collision (over 4,000 km away) in order of increasing distance.

Examining all major fault systems in central Japan, large stress increases are calculated to the north and south and along the base of the Tohoku megathrust rupture surface, on outer trench slope normal faults, on the easternmost sections of the Sagami trough megathrust, along the ISTL and sub-parallel faults, and on the base of the Kanto fragment that, we believe, underlies Tokyo.

Four major fault systems oriented N S to NNE SSW, NE SW, E W and NW SE are identified from Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images and a high resolution digital elevation model (DEM) over the Ethiopian Rift Valley and the surrounding plateaus.

On the basis of these data, we suggest that the changes in the crustal-scale structural architecture indicate that there was significant partitioning of tectonothermal conditions and deformation from zone to zone across major fault systems, and between the lower and upper crust.

One of major fault system proposed by Madeira et al. (2010), the Minhoto Fault Zone (MFZ), crosses the island in a NE-SW direction.

The changes forced into the Total Electron Content (TEC) by the major EQ in the magnetic storm ambiance are also examined from the GPS data collected at Guwahati (26° 10′ N, 91° 45' E), situated in the major fault system of East Asia.

Studies concluded that a major fault system underlay the vicinity of the Auburn Dam site, with many folds of metamorphic rock formed by the contact of the foothills rocks and the granite batholith of the Sierra Nevada.

The Futagawa Hinagu fault system is one of the major active fault systems on Kyushu Island and is a right-lateral strike-slip fault system.

The 185 km long Tsurugawan-Isewan tectonic line (TITL) is one of the major active fault systems in central Japan.