Paleomagnetism of a pyroclastic flow deposit and its correlative widespread tephra in central Japan: Possible tectonic rotation since the late Pleistocene

Island Arc

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-118

  Itoh, Yasuto ^a   Kimura, Haruo ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central Japan; Differential rotation; Paleomagnetism; Pleistocene; Pyroclastic flow deposit; Widespread tephra

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TEPHRA; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 2142820924     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2003.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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