Tsunami-induced conglomerates in Miocene upper bathyal deposits, Chita Peninsula, central Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 175-188

  Shiki, Tsunemasa ^a   Yamazaki, Teiji ^b  

^a Kitabatake   (Japan)

^b OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; MIOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMICITY; TSUNAMI;

JAPAN, HONSHU, CHITA PENINSULA;

EID: 0029731325     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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