Early Cretaceous sinistral shearing and associated folding in the South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan

Island Arc

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-109

  Sasaki, Migiwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; Mylonite; Northeast Japan; Sinistral shear; Slate; South Kitakami Belt

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOLDING; SHEAR ZONE; SLATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

JAPAN;

EID: 0038268486     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.2003.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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