Structure and development of the lower crust and upper mantle of Southwestern Japan: Evidence from petrology of deep-seated xenoliths

Island Arc

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 404-420

  Nozaka, Toshio ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Lower crust; Petrology; Upper mantle; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

CRUST (LOWER); MANTLE (UPPER); PETROLOGY; XENOLITH;

JAPAN, HONSHU, KIBI PLATEAU; JAPAN, HONSHU, SERA PLATEAU;

EID: 0031448284     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1997.tb00050.x     Document Type: Article

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