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¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Variations in geometry, lithofacies organization and detrital composition of depositional sequences developed in a forearc basin setting have been investigated in terms of the interaction between forearc tectonics and eustasy. In general, forearc basins are characterized by narrow shelves and active supply of coarse-grained terrigenous sediments to a marine environment, associated with higher rate of tectonic movements and supply of pyroclastic/volcaniclastic sediments. This kind of geologic setting of forearc basins develop coarse-grained incised valley and canyon fill deposits, distinct associations of lowstand, transgressive and highstand deposits in a deep-water environment, and spatial variations in the timing and nature of sequence boundaries. Furthermore, transgression-related deposits typically contain more volcanogenic clastic fragments, in response to the reduction of active supply of coarse-grained terrigenous sediments to a marine environment and temporal variations in dynamic processes during a relative sea-level cycle. This provides opportunity for characterizing systems tracts within a depositional sequence and further subdivision of stratigraphic successions in terms of transgression-related sedimentary events in various scales.
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