Cenozoic remagnetization of the Paleozoic rocks in the Kitakami massif of northeast Japan, and its tectonic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 203-217

  Otofuji, Yo ichiro ^a   Takemoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Zaman, Haider ^a   Nishimitsu, Yoshitomo ^a   Wada, Yutaka ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

CRM; Northeast Japan; Paleomagnetism; Pyrrhotite; Remagnetization; Rock magnetism; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; PYRRHOTITE; REMAGNETIZATION; SERPENTINE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0038323326     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00125-0     Document Type: Article

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