Age model, physical properties and paleoceanographic implications of the middle Pleistocene core sediments in the Choshi area, central Japan

Island Arc

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 366-377

  Kameo, Koji ^a   Okada, Makoto ^b   El Masry, Moamen ^c   Hisamitsu, Toshio ^d   Saito, Saneatsu ^e   Nakazato, Hiroomi ^f   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^d   Ikehara, Minoru ^g   Yasuda, Hisato ^g   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^d   Taira, Asahiko ^d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

^g KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age model; Calcareous nannofossils; Choshi area; Magnetostratigraphy; Middle Pleistocene; Northwestern Pacific; Oxygen isotope record; Physical property

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

HELICOSPHAERA; PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA; RETICULOFENESTRA ASANOI;

EID: 33747355503     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2006.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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