Sandy contourites of the lower Kazusa Group in the Boso Peninsula, Japan: Kuroshio-current-influenced deep-sea sedimentation in a Plio-Pleistocene forearc basin

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 587-598

  Ito, Makoto ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; FOREARC BASIN; PALAEOCURRENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SANDY CONTOURITE;

JAPAN, HONSHU, BOSO PENSINULA;

EID: 0029768595     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42683B5-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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