Welcome
Volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain building are major
characteristics of the Japanese Islands in an active continental
margin, which are closely related to plate subduction. Japanese
landforms show us the results of dynamic crustal movement and active
erosion, and geology provides various records of geological phenomena
occurring in the continental margin since the Precambrian Era. These
geological activities are still going on in the Japanese island arcs.
This site introduces landforms and geology of Japan and interesting
topics.
