Palaeomagnetic and chronological study of Miocene welded tuffs in the northern part of Central Japan: Tectonic implications for the latest stage of arc formation of Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 263-278

  Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a   Nishizawa, Yasutaka ^a   Tamai, Masato ^a   Matsuda, Takaaki ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronology; Japan arc; Miocene; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARC FORMATION; CHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031421326     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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