The eruptive rate and history of Kuju volcano in Japan during the past 15,000 years

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 163-171

  Kamata, Hiroki ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuo ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

14C dating; Eruption rate; Kuju volcano, Kyushu; Stratigraphy; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

JAPAN, KYUSHU, KUJU VOLCANO;

EID: 0030859210     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(96)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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