Paleomagnetic evidence for Miocene transtensional deformations at the eastern margin of the Japan Sea

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-92

  Yamaji, Atsushi ^a   Momose, Hiroshi ^a,b   Torii, Masayuki ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSTENSION;

SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0032987276     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352213     Document Type: Article

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