Well-preserved underplating structure of the jadeitized Franciscan complex, Pacheco Pass, California

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Kimura, G ^a   Maruyama, S ^b   Isozaki, Y ^b   Terabayashi, M ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT; DUPLEX STRUCTURES; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; MID OCEANIC RIDGES; OCEANIC PLATE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; UNDERPLATING;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BASALT; BLUESCHIST FACIES; CHERT; DUPLEX; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; UNDERPLATING; CRETACEOUS; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; DIABLO RANGE; PACHECO PASS; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029730821     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0075:WPUSOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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