Uplift of the Ou Backbone Range in Northeast Japan at around 10 Ma and its implication for the tectonic evolution of the eastern margin of Asia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-48

  Nakajima, Takeshi ^a   Danhara, Tohru ^b   Iwano, Hideki ^b   Chinzei, Kiyotaka ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Fission Track Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backbone Range; Inversion tectonics; Neogene; Northeast Japan; Tectonics; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CENOZOIC; COMPRESSION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; INVERSION TECTONICS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OU BACKBONE RANGE;

EID: 33749532816     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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