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IUGG XXIV General Assembly July 2-13, 2007 Perugia, Italy<br />

(S) - <strong>IASPEI</strong> - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's<br />

Interior<br />

JSS014 Poster presentation 2314<br />

An extension of lower crust in central Kyushu, Japan, inferred from GPS<br />

derived velocity field- An Implication of Beppu-Shimabara graben<br />

structure<br />

Dr. Keivan Hosseini<br />

Physics Ferdowsi University of Mashhad <strong>IASPEI</strong><br />

Shoichi Yoshioka, Takeshi Matsushima, Sadaomi Suzuki<br />

A dense array of GPS tracking network in provide us a good tool for monitoring crustal deformation. We<br />

carried out an inversion analysis of GPS derived velocity vectors, considering different model source<br />

regions during the period from Jan. 1, 1998 to Dec. 31, 2002. We proposed a dislocation model for the<br />

central Kyushu region where right lateral strike-slip is dominant in the lower crust at depths of 20-30<br />

km. However, a NS oriented extensional model is also partly supported from Mt. Aso to the Shimabara<br />

peninsula which may shows the activity of a rift valley forming in the continental crust (Beppu-<br />

Shimabara Graben). This is consistent with the result obtained by the triangulation surveys conducted<br />

over the last 100 years (Tada, 1984) and the negative gravity anomalies (Komazawa and Kamata, 1985)<br />

and focal mechanisms of large earthquakes (Yamashina and Murai, 1975).<br />

Keywords: gps, crustal deformation, beppu shimabara graben

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