Age of the Taishu Group, southwestern Japan, and implications for the origin and evolution of the Japan Sea

The Taishu Group, a marine formation with a thickness of >5400 m, crops out on Tsushima Island, located in the southwestern Japan Sea. The group, which is generally regarded as early Eocene to early Miocene in age, provides important information about the tectonic setting of the Japan Sea. In thi...

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Main Authors: Ninomiya, T., Shimoyama, S., Watanabe, K., Horie, K., Dunkley, Daniel, Shiraishi, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing Asia 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7991