In situ pressure-temperature conditions of a tectonic mélange: Constraints from fluid inclusion analysis of syn-mélange veins

Island Arc

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-365

  Hashimoto, Y ^a   Enjoji, M ^b   Sakaguchi, A ^c   Kimura, G ^c,d  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Fluid inclusion; P T condition; Seismogenic zone

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; MELANGE; P-T CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SHIMANTO BELT;

EID: 0442328642     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.2003.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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