A marker tephra bed close to the Lower-Middle Pleistocene boundary: Distribution of the Ontake-Byakubi Tephra Bed in central Japan

Quaternary International

Volumn 397, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-38

  Takeshita, Yoshihiro ^a   Matsushima, Nobuyuki ^b   Teradaira, Hiroshi ^b   Uchiyama, Takashi ^c   Kumai, Hisao ^d  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nature Association of Ina Valley   (Japan)

^c YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Correlation; Hornblende; Lower Middle Pleistocene boundary; Major element composition; Older Ontake volcano; Ontake Byakubi Tephra Bed

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HORNBLENDE; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC GLASS; VOLCANO;

BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 84928178966     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.054     Document Type: Article

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