Anatomy and genesis of a subduction-related orogen: A new view of geotectonic subdivision and evolution of the Japanese Islands

Island Arc

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-320

  Isozaki, Yukio ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Japan; Microfossil mapping; Microplate modification; Oceanic plate stratigraphy; Orogeny; Paired metamorphic belts; Ridge subduction; Subhorizontal nappe; Yangtze

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; OROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030484847     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1996.tb00033.x     Document Type: Review

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