Late Quaternary glaciations in the Japanese Alps controlled by sea level changes, monsoon oscillations and topography

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 130, Issue , 2003, Pages 195-215

  Aoki, Tatsuto ^a   Hasegawa, Hirohiko ^a,b  

^a Kanazawa University ^*  (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

AKAISHI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIDA MOUNTAINS; HONSHU; JAPAN; JAPANESE ALPS; KISO MOUNTAINS; NAGANO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 1642519795     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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