Tectonic controls of a backarc trough-fill turbidite system: The Pliocene Tamugigawa Formation in the Niigata-Shin'etsu inverted rift basin, Northern Fossa Magna, central Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 247-279

  Takano, Osamu ^a   Tateishi, Masaaki ^b   Endo, Masataka ^c  

^a JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Akashina High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basin tectonics; Depositional process; Sedimentary facies; Topographically confined turbidites; Trough fill turbidites

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FOSSA MAGNA; HONSHU; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 18344377108     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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