Effects of the quaternary sea-level change on the subsidence of a sedimentary basin: A case study of the Osaka Bay sedimentary basin, Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 267, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 229-238

  Yamasaki, T ^a,b   Nakada, M ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Horizontal compressive stress; Maxwell relaxation time; Quaternary sea level change; Sediment loading; Sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENT LOADING; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; SUBSIDENCE;

JAPAN, HONSHU, OSAKA BAY;

EID: 0030389920     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00097-2     Document Type: Article

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