Paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, and fission track dating of the Kurihashi Granodiorite in northeast Japan: Evidence for a Cretaceous hydrothermal event and differential rotation along the eastern Eurasian margin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B6, 2000, Pages 13519-13532

  Itoh, Y ^a   Amano, K ^b   Danhara, T ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Kyoto Fission Track Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISSION TRACK DATING; GRANODIORITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 0034631216     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900071     Document Type: Article

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