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* New proposal of standard specimens for illite crystallinity measurement : its usefulness as paleo-thermal indicator

Hidetoshi Hara and Katsumi Kimura (239-250) [PDF : 574 KB]

* Variation of concentrations and physicochemical properties of aeolian dust obtained in east China and Japan from 2001 to 2002

Yutaka Kanai, Atsuyuki Ohta, Hikari Kamioka, Shigeru Terashima, Noboru Imai, Yukihiro Matsuhisa, Michiyo Kanai, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshio Takahashi, Kenji Kai, Boyu Xu, Masahiko Hayashi, and Renjian Zhang (251-267 in English) [PDF : 2,367 KB]

* Geology of the Miocene Hokusetsu Subgroup (lower Shitara Group) in the Yatsuhashi area, Shitara Town, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan

Hiroyuki Hoshi and Norihito Nakamura (269-278) [PDF : 4,140 KB]

* Reexamination of radiolarian biochronology of the Shimizu Formation (Northern Chichibu Belt) in the Shimizu-Misato area, western Kii Peninsula, Southwest Japan

Kenji Kashiwagi and Chikao Kurimoto (279-293 in English) [PDF : 767 KB]