Neogene deformation of the back-arc shelf of Southwest Japan and its impact on the palaeoenvironments of the Japan Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 71-76

  Itoh, Yasuto ^a   Nakajima, Takeshi ^b   Takemura, Atsushi ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intra arc deformation; Japan Sea; Palaeoenvironment; Rifting; Tsushima Strait

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BACKARC BASINS; BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; NEOGENE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENTS; RIFTING;

SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0031423073     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00159-5     Document Type: Article

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