Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. List of Illustrations IX
5. 1 General Remarks 1
6. 2 The Silurian and Devonian 15
7. 3 The Carboniferous 23
8. 4 The Permian 43
9. 5 The Triassic 59
10. 6 The Jurassic 79
11. 7 The Cretaceous 99
12. 8 The Palaeogene 129
13. 9 The Neogene 141
14. 10 The Quaternary 173
15. 11 Pre-Tertiary igneous activity, metamorphism and metallogenesis 197
16. Appendices
17. A Glossary of geotectonic terms of Japan 223
18. B List of fossil subgenera, genera and higher taxa proposed through Japanese publications 235
19. Selected References 255
20. Index 273