Miocene-Pleistocene volcanism and tectonics in southern Korea and their relationship to the opening of the Japan Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-70

  Yoon, Sun ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cheju Island; Japan Sea; Tectogenesis; Ulleung Island; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

MARGINAL SEAS; NEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE; TECTOGENESIS; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

KOREA(SOUTH), CHEJU ISLAND; KOREA(SOUTH), ULLEUNG ISLAND; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0043225153     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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