Edited by Asahiko Taira Ocean Research Institute, Univerity of Tokyo, Tokyo and Fujio Masuda Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba

Prelims (PDF 384 KB)
Contents (PDF 380 KB)
Preface (PDF 384 KB)
A. TAIRA and F. MASUDA
p. v.

Chapter 1: SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES

• Architectural Elements and Bounding Surfaces in Channelized Clastic Deposits: Notes on Comparisons between Fluvial and Turbidite Systems
  A. D. MIALL
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 3-15.
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• A Simulation of Basin Margin Sedimentation to Infer Geometry and Lithofacies—A Carbonate Example—
  K. NAKAYAMA and C. G. St. C. KENDALL
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 17-31.
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• Gravel Fabric of Clast-Supported Resedimented Conglomerate
  K. YAGISHITA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 33-42.
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• Magnetic Fabrics and Depositional Processes
  A. TAIRA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 43-77.
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  Chapter 2: FLUVIAL TO COASTAL FACIES

• Sedimentation in Coarse-Grained Sand-Bedded Meanders: Distinctive Deposition of Suspended Sediment
  F. ISEYA and H. IKEDA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 81-112.
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• Mechanism of Inverse Grading of Suspended Load Deposits
  F. ISEYA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 113-129.
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• Coastal Eolian Dune Deposits of the Pleistocene Shimosa Group in Chiba, Japan
  H. NAKAZATO, H. SATO, and F. MASUDA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 131-141.
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• Synsedimentary Conjugate Faults in the Pleistocene Tidal Deposits at Ushibori, Ibaraki, Japan
  H. AONO and F. MASUDA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 143-149.
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• Description and Genesis of Tidal Bedding in the Cobequid Bay-Salmon River Estuary, Bay of Fundy, Canada
  R. W. DALRYMPLE and Y. MAKINO
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 151-177.
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• Petrofacies of Paleo-Tokyo Bay Sands, the Upper Pleistocene of Central Honshu, Japan
  M.ITO and F.MASUDA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 179-196.
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• Faunal Condensation in Early Phases of Glacio-Eustatic Sea-Level Rise, Found in the Middle to Late Pleistocene Shimosa Group, Boso Peninsula, Central Japan
  Y. KONDO
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 197-212.
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  Chapter 3: SHALLOW MARINE FACIES

• Sedimentology and History of Sea Level Changes in the East China Sea and Adjacent Seas
  B.-C. SUK
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 215-231.
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• Sediments and Sedimentary Processes in the Yellow and East China Seas
  J. D. MILLIMAN, Y. S. QIN, and Y. A. PARK
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 233-249.
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• Bedforms and Their Migration Patterns in the Southern Bungo Strait, Japan
  K. IKEHARA and Y. KIN05HITA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 251-260.
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• The Kuroshio-Generated Bedform System in the Osumi Strait, Southern Kyushu, Japan
  K. IKEHARA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 261-273.
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• Ocean Current-Controlled Sedimentary Facies of the Pleistocene Ichijiku Formation, Kazusa Group, Boso Peninsula, Japan
  N. NAKAYAMA and F. MASUDA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 275-293.
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• Multi-Layered Progradational Sequences in the Shelf and Shelf Slope of the Southwest Japan Forearc
  Y. OKAMURA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 295-318.
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• Storm-Built Sand Ridges on the Inner Shelf of Kashima-Nada, Northeast Japan
  Y. SAITO
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 319-330.
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• Storm Deposits in the Inner Shelf and Their Recurrence Intervals, Sendai Bay, Northeast Japan
  Modern Y. SAITO
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 331-344.
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• Sea-Level Controlled Shallow-Marine Systems in the Plio-Pleistocene Kakegawa Group, Shizuoka, Central Honshu, Japan: Comparison of Transgressive and Regressive Phases
  M. ISHIBASHI
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 345-363.
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• Coarse Clastic Sedimentation in the Triassic Offshore Sequence of the South- eastern Kitakami Mountains, Japan
  K. KAMADA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 365-375.
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• Depositional Facies of the Viséan (Carboniferous) Limestones in the South Kitakami Terrane, Northeast Japan
  T. KAWAMURA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 377-391.
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  Chapter 4: SLOPE TO DEEP-WATER FACIES

• Depositional Scheme of Neogene Bedded Siliceous Rocks in an Active Upwelling Area-On the Wakkanai Formation, Northern Hokkaido, Japan
  H. FUKUSAWA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 395-419.
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• Turbidites and Related Clastic Systems in the Tertiary Chichibu Basin, Central Japan
  K. M. LATT
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 421-438.
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• Two Stages of Submarine Fan Sedimentation in an Ancient Forearc Basin, Central Japan
  S. TOKUHASHI
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 439-468.
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• Synsedimentary Folding of a Sandstone Layer: Paleoslope Deduced from the Folding Process
  M. FUSEYA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 469-481.
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• Miocene Offshore Tractive Current-Worked Conglomerates—Tsubutegaura, Chita Peninsula, Central Japan—
  T. YAMAZAKI, M. YAMAOKA, and T. SHIKI
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 483-494.
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• Coarse Clast Dominant Submarine Debrite, the Mio-Pliocene Fujikawa Group, Central Japan
  W. SOH
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 495-510.
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• Basal Structures of the Pleistocene Chikura Submarine Sliding Sheet in the Southernmost Boso Peninsula, Central Japan
  T. ITO and S. SUGIYAMA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 511-528.
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• Topography and Sedimentary Facies of the Nankai Deep Sea Channel
  K. SHIMAMURA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 529-556.
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• Ancient Trench-Fill and Trench-Slope Basin Deposits: An Example from the Permian Nishiki Group, Southwest Japan
  A. HARA and K. KIMINAMI
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 557-575.
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• Tectono-Sedimentary Settings of Seep Biological Communities—A Synthesis from the Japanese Subduction Zones—
  K. FUJIOKA and A. TAIRA
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 577-602.
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  Chapter 5: VOLCANIC FACIES

• Sedimentary Facies of the Mio-Pliocene Volcanotectonic Depressions along the Volcanic Front in Northeast Honshu, Japan
  M. UTADA and T. ITO
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 605-618.
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• Submarine Depositional Processes for Volcaniclastic Sediments in the Mio- Pliocene Misaki Formation, Miura Group, Central Japan
  W. SOH, A. TAIRA, Y. OGAWA, H. TANIGUCHI, K. T. PICKERING, and D. A. V. STOW
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 619-630.
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  Chapter 6: TECTONICS AND SEDIMENTATION

• Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene Kuji Basin of Northeast Japan: Tectonic Controls on Strike-Slip Basin Sedimentation
  K. MINOURA and H. YAMAUCHI
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 633-658.
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• The Itsukaichimachi Group: A Middle Miocene Strike-Slip Basin-Fill in the Southeastern Margin of the Kanto Mountains, Central Honshu, Japan
  M. ITO
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 659-673.
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• Structural Control on Sedimentation of Coal-Bearing Formations in Japan
  K. FUJII
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 675-688.
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• Coarse-Grained Turbidite Sedimentation Resulting from the Miocene Collision Event in Central Hokkaido, Japan
  K. HOYANAGI
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 689-709.
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• Eocene Foreland Thrust-Fold Belt of the Central Ryukyu Island Arc: Deduced from Sedimentary Structures in the Kayo Formation
  H. UJIIE
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 711-722.
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• Rifting of the Gondwanaland and Uplifting of the Himalayas Recorded in Mesozoic and Tertiary Fluvial Sediments in the Nepal Himalayas
  H. SAKAI
  Sedimentary Facies in the Active Margin, edited by A. Taira and F. Masuda, pp. 723-732.
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