Blueschist-facies metamorphism during Paleozoic orogeny in southwestern Japan: Phengite K-Ar ages of blueschist-facies tectonic blocks in a serpentinite melange beneath early Paleozoic Oeyama ophiolite

Island Arc

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 190-205

  Tsujimori, Tatsuki ^a   Itaya, Tetsumaru ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

K Ar phengite age; Oeyama ophiolite; Osayama blueschist; Paleozoic orogeny; Renge metamorphic belt; Serpentinite melange

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; MELANGE; OPHIOLITE; SERPENTINITE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

JAPAN;

EID: 0032751359     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.1999.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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