High paleogeothermal gradient with ridge subduction beneath the Cretaceous Shimanto accretionary prism, southwest Japan

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 795-798

  Sakaguchi, Arito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; PALEO-GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; PALEOTEMPERATURES; RIDGE SUBDUCTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

PRISMS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; EOCENE; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; JURASSIC; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; CRETACEOUS; MELANGE; PALAEOGEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; RIDGE SUBDUCTION;

CHICHIBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KULA; MANISA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAITAMA [KANTO]; TURKEY; SHIKOKU; SHIMANTO BELT;

EID: 0030302329     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0795:HPGWRS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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