Fault angle basin

Japanese: fault angle basin(英語表記)faultanglebasin
Fault angle basin

…Many fault basins have developed in the mountains of Japan, which are one of the characteristics of Japan's geography and provide a stage for human life in the mountains. A basin with a linear foothills line on one side and a curved foothills line on the other is called a fault angle basin or tilted block basin. A long and narrow basin with a linear foothills line limited by two parallel fault scarps is called a fault trough, also called a rift valley. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "fault angle basin" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…日本の山間には多くの断層盆地が発達し,日本の地形特性の一つとなり,山地内での貴重な人間生活の舞台を与えている。一方が断層崖で直線状の山麓で,他方が屈曲の多い山麓線を示す盆地が,断層角盆地fault angle basinまたは傾動地塊盆地tilted block basinである。2本の並行する断層崖に限られ直線的な山麓線をもつ細長い盆地が,地溝盆地fault troughで,リフトバレーrift valley(裂谷)とも呼ばれる。…

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