Tephrochronology (from tephra, Gk 'ashes') is a unique stratigraphic method for linking,
dating, and synchronizing geological, palaeoenvironmental, or archaeological sequences or …

The chronology of the World Heritage Site of Sangiran in Indonesia is crucial for the
understanding of human dispersals and settlement in Asia in the Early Pleistocene (before …

On the Pacific coast of Hokkaido, historical documents and seismic detections spanning the
last 200 years show that large earthquakes (magnitude 7–8) have occurred every 50–100 …

We show that scattering from a single gold nanoparticle is saturable for the first time.
Wavelength-dependent study reveals that the saturation behavior is governed by depletion …

Ice-rafted debris (IRD) from sediment traps, surficial sediments, and sediment cores were
investigated in order to reconstruct the extent history of sea-ice cover during the last 100kyrs …

Large tsunamis occurring throughout the past several hundred years along the Sanriku
Coast on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan have been documented and observed …

The major-element compositions of glass shards of Aso-4 tephra can be distinguished from
those of other widespread tephras in and around the Japanese islands. By analysing 325 …

A detailed paleomagnetic study conducted in the Sangiran area, Java, has provided a
reliable age constraint on hominid fossil-bearing formations. A reverse-to-normal polarity …

Thirty-one widespread visible Holocene tephras in Hokkaido, northern Japan, were
identified and their stratigraphic relationships were examined. Among these, three tephras …

Oxbow lakes are common landforms in meandering river floodplains. Despite the possible
importance of oxbow lakes in floodplain evolution, little is known about sedimentary facies …