Ground-penetrating radar profiles of Holocene raised-beach deposits in the Kujukuri strand plain, Pacific coast of eastern Japan

Marine Geology

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 11-27

  Tamura, Toru ^a   Murakami, Fumitoshi ^a   Nanayama, Futoshi ^a   Watanabe, Kazuaki ^a   Saito, Yoshiki ^a  

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

Author keywords

beach; ground penetrating radar; sea level; shoreface; uplift

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST; SEAWARD LOWERING; SHOREFACE; STRAND PLAIN;

DRILLING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LITHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; UPLIFT PRESSURE;

BEACHES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KUJUKURI;

EID: 38349149040     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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