Exhumation rates and age of metamorphism in the Sanbagawa belt: New constraints from zircon fission track analysis

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-24

  Wallis, S ^a   Moriyama, Y ^b   Tagami, T ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooling and exhumation rates; Sanbagawa belt; Secondary re heating; Zircon fission track dating

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; P-T-T PATH; TERTIARY; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SAMBAGAWA BELT;

EID: 0742302277     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2003.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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