Thermal maturity in the Shimanto accretionary prism, southwest Japan, with the thermal change of the subducting slab: Fluid inclusion and vitrinite reflectance study

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 61-74

  Sakaguchi, Arito ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedges; Melange; Reflectance; Shimanto Group; Vitrinite

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FLUID INCLUSION; P-T CONDITIONS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033570567     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00219-8     Document Type: Article

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