Radiocarbon dating of residual organic matter in travertine formed along the Yumoto Fault in Oga Peninsula, northeast Japan: Implications for long-term hot spring activity under the influence of earthquakes

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 243-244, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-190

  Nishikawa, Osamu ^a   Furuhashi, Kyoko ^a   Masuyama, Masashi ^a   Ogata, Takeyuki ^a   Shiraishi, Tateo ^a   Shen, Chuan Chou ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fault; Hot springs; Organic matter; Radiocarbon dating; Travertine

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; CARBON STABLE ISOTOPES; FAULT; PALEOCLIMATES; RADIOCARBON DATING; TRACE AMOUNTS; TRAVERTINE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EARTHQUAKES; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STRATIGRAPHY;

HOT SPRINGS;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL SPRING; TRAVERTINE;

AKITA; HONSHU; JAPAN; OGA PENINSULA; TOHOKU;

EID: 84855674057     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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