Event layers in the Japanese Lake Suigetsu 'SG06' sediment core: Description, interpretation and climatic implications

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-170

  Schlolaut, Gordon ^a   Brauer, Achim ^a   Marshall, Michael H ^b   Nakagawa, Takeshi ^c   Staff, Richard A ^d   Bronk Ramsey, Christopher ^d   Lamb, Henry F ^b   Bryant, Charlotte L ^d   Naumann, Rudolf ^a   Dulski, Peter ^a   Brock, Fiona ^d   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^e   Tada, Ryuji ^e   Haraguchi, Tsuyoshi ^f  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

XRF; Earthquakes; East Asia; Floods; Lacustrine; LGM; Microfacies; Microscopy; Typhoons

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIA; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; LACUSTRINE; LGM; MICRO-FACIES; PERIODIC VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTHQUAKES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HURRICANES; LAKES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STORMS;

FLOODS;

CYCLICITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EARTHQUAKE; EROSION RATE; FLOOD; HEINRICH EVENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROFACIES; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SLOPE FAILURE; TYPHOON;

CHUBU; FUKUI; HONSHU; JAPAN; LAKE SUIGETSU;

EID: 84890099294     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.026     Document Type: Article

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