Volcaniclastic sediments, process interaction and depositional setting of the Mio-Pliocene Miura Group, SE Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 351-381

  Stow, Dorrik A V ^a   Taira, Asahiko ^b   Ogawa, Yujiro ^c   Soh, Wonn ^d   Taniguchi, Hidetsugu ^e   Pickering, Kevin T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contourites; Japan; Miocene; Turbidites; Volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; MIOCENE; VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031842855     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00100-0     Document Type: Article

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