Transport and depositional mechanisms of ultra-microtektites associated with the Australasian Tektite Event (~800 ka)

Shania James

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[J] Oral

H (Human Geosciences ) » H-CG Complex & General

[H-CG25] Earth surface processes related to deposition, erosion and sediment transport

Wed. May 27, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (3) (Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Kikuchi Kazuki(Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University), Ikeda Masayuki(University of Tokyo), Seike Koji(Geological Survey of Japan, AIST), Kawamura Kiichiro(Yamaguchi University)

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

[HCG25-06] Transport and depositional mechanisms of ultra-microtektites associated with the Australasian Tektite Event (~800 ka)

*Shania James¹, Masayuki Ikeda¹, Yoshihiro Ochi, Yoshimi Kubota², Aki Sakuma¹, Takuya Itaki³, Ryuji Tada⁴ (1. The University of Tokyo, 2. National Museum of Nature and Science, 3. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , 4. Chiba Institute of Technology)

Keywords:Australasian tektite, South China Sea , site U1146, size distribution, ejecta transportation