Quaternary volcanic front at the junction of the south-west Japan Arc and the Ryukyu Arc

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-75

  Kamata, Hiroki ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

JAPAN; JAPAN, RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 0031696918     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(97)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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