Paleomagnetism of the Nijo Group and its implication for the timing of clockwise rotation of southwest Japan

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 203-215

  Hoshi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanaka, Daisuke ^a   Takahashi, Masaki ^b   Yoshikawa, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

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EID: 12344269952     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.95.203     Document Type: Article

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