Cenozoic northward translation of the Kitakami massif in northeast Japan: Paleomagnetic evidence

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 119-132

  Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a   Sato, Ken ^a   Iba, Nobuyuki ^a   Matsuda, Takaaki ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretion; Cenozoic; Japan; Pacific Plate; Paleomagnetism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000027596     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00163-5     Document Type: Article

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