New approach to resolve the amount of Quaternary uplift and associated denudation of the mountain ranges in the Japanese Islands

Low-temperature thermochronology is a widely used tool for revealing denudation histories of mountain ranges. Although this technique has been applied mainly to continental orogens, such as the European Alps, Himalayas, and Andes, recent technological development of low-temperature thermochronology...

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Main Authors: Shigeru Sueoka, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Takahiro Tagami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711500078X