Japan is located in the northwestern Ring of Fire on multiple tectonic plates. [16] . East of the Japanese archipelago are three oceanic trenches. The Japan Trench is created as the oceanic Pacific Plate subducts beneath the continental Okhotsk Plate. [17] .

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The Southwestern Japan is further subdivided into several metamorphic belts stretched along Japan Median Tectonic Line. [8] The parts of Japan north of Japan Median Tectonic Line ("Inner Zone") contains many granitoid fragments dating from Paleogene to Cretaceous period intruding the older material, while south of the line ("Outer Zone") is ...

The GeomapNavi is a geological map viewer that allows you to browse various geological information of Japan. [Geological Survey of Japan, AIST]

Tectonic Map of Japan. 1. Distribution of Elementary Tectonic Constituents. 2. Geologic Provinces. 3. Geologial Provinces and their Constituent Rocks. 13. Metamorphic Facies Map of Japan. 14. Metallogenic Map of Japan. 15-1. Metallogenic Map of Japan. 15.

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Jun 8, 2017 · Why is the tectonic setting around Japan so complicated? Earthquakes, volcanoes, and trenches all result from Japan being wedged among four major tectonic plates. The Pacific Plate subducts beneath the Okhotsk Plate at the Japan Trench.

Thin black lines denote surface traces of active faults (RESEARCH GROUP FOR ACTIVE FAULTS OF JAPAN, 1991). Gray lines denote plate boundaries and major tectonic lines. Dashed gray line denotes...

The Japanese Islands belongs to four tectonic plates, that is, the Okhotsk(or North America), the Eurasia(or Amurian), the Pacific, and the Philippine Sea plates (Figure 1). The former two continental plates are colliding in Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

Three major subduction-related boundaries, marked by deep oceanic trenches or troughs, define the tectonics of the region: the Sagami Trough at the interface of the Philippine Sea and Okhotsk...