Holocene beach deposits for assessing coastal uplift of the northeastern Boso Peninsula, Pacific coast of Japan

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-234

  Tamura, Toru ^a,b   Murakami, Fumitoshi ^a   Watanabe, Kazuaki ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach; Earthquake; Ground penetrating radar; Japan Trench; Marine terrace; Philippine Sea plate; Sagami Trough; Sea level; Tectonics; Western Pacific

Indexed keywords

GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR; JAPAN TRENCH; MARINE TERRACE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SAGAMI TROUGH; WESTERN PACIFIC;

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; RADAR; SEA LEVEL; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECTONICS;

MARINE RADAR;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; GLACIOTECTONICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; RIVER TERRACE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TILT; UPLIFT;

BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; HONSHU; JAPAN; JAPAN TRENCH; KANTO; KUJUKURI; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 77956188373     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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