Download Japanese Island Arc

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Along the continental
margin of Asia.
The tectonic evolution of
the Japanese arc system
includes formation of rock
assemblages common in
most orogenic belts
 Millions of people live near
by the arc.
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Shari R.
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The current tectonics of
the Japanese arc system
can be explained by the
interaction of five plates:
the Eurasia, Amur,
Okhotsk, Pacific, and
Philippine Sea plates
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Jocelyne
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Earthquakes go up
for miles
Once in awhile
Earthquakes
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Jared
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The subductions lie
offshore
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Majority of the
earthquakes taking
place under the sea
rather than on land
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March 11 2011
magnitude 8.9
earthquake hits off cost
of tokyo Sendai ,japan ;
tsunami warning out.
Earthquake was offshore
about 230 miles from
tokyo. Largest
earthquake to hit japan
in record history
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Julian
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Did not find any
more information
on the Japanese
Island Arc
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http://www.geo.mtu.edu/EHaz/Convergent
PlatesClass/week%201/Taira_01.pdf
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http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1
146/annurev.earth.29.1.109?journalCode=e
arth