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ESR ages of middle Pleistocene corals from the Ryukyu islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Sumiko Ikeda ,
Masao Kasuya  and
Motoji Ikeya
Sumiko Ikeda
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560 Japan
Masao Kasuya
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560 Japan
Motoji Ikeya
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560 Japan
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Abstract

Electron spin resonance ages of 11 corals from the lower part of the Ryukyu Group, Japan can be classified into two groups (about 600,000 and 800,000 yr). The result indicates that the lower part of the Ryukyu Group is correlated to at least two of the oxygen isotope stages 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23. Lowermost part of the Ryukyu Group was probably deposited during a large transgression and may be correlated worldwide.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , July 1991 , pp. 61 - 71
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