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785:"Construction and breakup of the Ryukyu Landbridge and their tectonic implications as derived from precise bottom topography and regional gravity anomaly in the southwestern part of the Japanese islands". 1996.
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Tsuyoshi; Shinjo Ryuichi; Nakamura Mamoru; Omori Tamotsu; Li Shoko; Kyo Konju; Sibuet Jean-Claude; Imamura Makiko; Ishii Toshie (2005). "New topographic map of the southwestern Okinawa Trough".
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905:"Geochemical and Sr Nd isotopic characteristics of volcanic rocks from the Okinawa Trough and Ryukyu Arc: Implications for the evolution of a young, intracontinental back arc basin". 1999.
592:"Major and trace element chemistry and D/H, 18O/16O, 87Sr/86Sr and 143Nd/144Nd ratios of rocks from the spreading center of the Okinawa Trough, a marginal back arc basin". 1991.
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931:"Ancient Megalithic Construction Beneath the Sea off Ryukyu Islands in Japan, Submerged by Post Glacial Sea level Change". 2004.
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Kimura, Masaaki (1976). "Major
Magmatic Activity as a Key to Predicing Large Earthquakes Along the Sagami Trough, Japan".
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957:"Statistical analysis of time distance relationship between volcanic eruptions and great earthquakes in Japan". 2004.
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1049:"Submarine, across arc normal fault system in the southwest Ryukyu Arc: trigger of the 1771 tsunami hazard?". 2006.
230:"Significant Eruptive Activities Related to Large Interplate Earthquakes in the Northwestern Pacific Margin". 1978.
308:"Submarine Tectonics Around the Japanese Islands, with Special Reference to Tectonics of the Sagami Trough". 1979.
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876:"Surface Deformation and Origin of Large Scale Tsunami in the Southwesternmost Part of the Ryukyu Arc". 1997.
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282:"Submarine Geology around the Southern Ryukyu Islands, with Special Reference to the Okinawa Trough". 1979.
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256:"Volcanism and Seismicity in the Kyushu and Ryukyu Islands Areas". 1978.
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