Thermal consequences of the formation of a slab window beneath the Mid-Cretaceous southwest Japan arc: A 2-D numerical analysis

Island Arc

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 520-532

  Okudaira, Takamoto ^a   Yoshitake, Yoshiko ^a,b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Computer Service Company Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mid Cretaceous igneous activity; Ryoke Sanyo granitoids; Sambagawa Metamorphic Belt; Slab window; Spreading ridge subduction; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ISLAND ARC; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SAMBAGAWA BELT; WORLD;

EID: 11144336115     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2004.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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