A Late Cretaceous paleomagnetic pole Koto rhyolite, southwest Japan: Implications for eastern margin deformation of Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Fukuma, Koji ^a   Tsurudome, Hisashi ^b   Torii, Masayuki ^c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 1642286087     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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