K-Ar ages of the Quaternary basalts in the Jeongok area, the central part of Korean Peninsula

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Ryu, Sunyoung ^a   Oka, Miho ^a   Yagi, Koshi ^b   Sakuyama, Tetsuya ^c   Itaya, Tetsumaru ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Hiruzen Research Institute of Geology and Chronology   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Chatan basalt; Chugaryeong Fault zone; Jeongok basalt; K Ar ages; Quaternary basalts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953718072     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-011-0008-x     Document Type: Article

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