Timing and duration of hydrothermal activity in the Oligocene Hamada cauldron, SW Japan: Evidence from K-Ar ages of sericites

Resource Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-62

  Imaoka, Teruyoshi ^a   Nakashima, Kazuo ^b   Itaya, Tetsumaru ^c   Okada, Toshinori ^d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d Hiruzen Institute for Geology and Chronology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauldron; Hydrothermal activity; Japan; K Ar age; Oligocene; Sericite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRANITE; HEAVY METAL; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; OLIGOCENE; PLUTON;

JAPAN;

EID: 0042912019     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2001.tb00081.x     Document Type: Article

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