An improved apparent polar wander path for southwest Japan: post-Cretaceous multiphase rotations with respect to the Asian continent

Abstract To construct the Mesozoic apparent polar wander path (APWP) for the inner arc of the southwestern Japanese islands (referred to as southwest Japan) and compare it to that of East Asia, a 110 Ma paleomagnetic pole for southwest Japan was determined. Mudstone and sandstone samples were collec...

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Main Authors: Koji Uno, Yuta Idehara, Daichi Morita, Kuniyuki Furukawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-06-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-021-01457-6