Crustal shortening of Southwest Japan in the Late Miocene

Island Arc

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-353

  Itoh, Yasuto ^a   Nagasaki, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a Kita ku   (Japan)

^b JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal shortening; Miocene; Southwest Japan; Subduction

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; MIOCENE; SUBDUCTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030501375     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1996.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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