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Table 2 Paleomagnetic poles for southwest Japan, Korean Peninsula, and East Asia

From: An improved apparent polar wander path for southwest Japan: post-Cretaceous multiphase rotations with respect to the Asian continent

Stage

Age

N

Pole

A95 (°)

References

Lat (°N)

Long (°E)

Southwest Japan

 12 Ma

12 ± 1 Ma

4

85.3

340.4

7.7

Uno et al. (2017)

 20 Ma

20 ± 4 Ma

5

51.3

221.3

6.7

Uno et al. (2017)

 70 Ma

74 ± 2 Ma

(21)

27.6

203.9

12.4

Kodama (1990)a

 80 Ma

82 ± 2 Ma

(13)

27.0

207.7

8.9

Otofuji and Matsuda (1987), Uno (2002)

 90 Ma

89 ± 2 Ma

(22)

29.6

200.3

8.7

Otofuji and Matsuda (1987), Uno et al. (2017)

 110 Ma

111 ± 6 Ma

(17)

24.6

203.1

6.8

This study, Uno and Furukawa (2005)

Korean Peninsula

 70 Ma

72 ± 3 Ma

(14)

67.0

210.6

6.7

Kang and Kim (2000)

 110 Ma

110 ± 1 Ma

9

61.8

203.8

2.7

Lee et al. (2011)a

East Asia

 70 Ma

 

45

79.7

219.5

3.3

Cogné et al. (2013)

 110 Ma

 

22

80.8

199.5

3.5

Cogné et al. (2013)

  1. N: number of studies (sites) used in calculation of the means; Lat: north latitude; Long: east longitude; A95: radius of the circle of 95% confidence
  2. aMean pole recalculated for this study