Texture and petrology of modern river, beach and shelf sands in a volcanic back-arc setting, northeastern Japan

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 687-707

  Noda, Atsushi ^a  

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

Author keywords

Beach; Grain size; Modal composition; Modern sand; Multivariate analysis; Provenance analysis; Shelf

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISLAND ARC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC PLATE; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; RIVER; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TEXTURE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ABASHIRI BAY; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 33845443231     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00477.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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