Geochemical contrast between the Sanbagawa psammitic schists (Oboke unit) and the Cretaceous Shimanto sandstones in Shikoku, Southwest Japan and its geologic significance

Island Arc

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-382

  Kiminami, Kazuo ^a   Hamasaki, Asami ^b   Matsuura, Takuji ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kajitani Engineering Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^c Kajitani Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Oboke unit; Psammitic schist; Sanbagawa metamorphic belt; Sandstone; Shimanto accretionary complex

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; METAMORPHISM; SANDSTONE; SCHIST; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033378290     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.1999.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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