Geochemistry of Lower Cretaceous sediments, Inner Zone of Southwest Japan: Constraints on provenance and tectonic environment

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-173

  Asiedu, Daniel K ^a   Suzuki, Shigeyuki ^b   Nogami, Kenji ^c   Shibata, Tsugio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING;

HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 0034011314     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.34.155     Document Type: Article

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