K-Ar geochronology of a middle Miocene submarine volcano-plutonic complex in southwest Japan

Geological Magazine

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Imaoka, T ^a   Itaya, T ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andesite; Clinopyroxene; Gabbro; Geochronology; Japan Sea; K Ar; Miocene

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BIOTITE; DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MICA; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TECTONICS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; VOLCANOES;

ANDESITE; CLINOPYROXENES; GABBRO; JAPAN SEA; MIOCENE;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

ANDESITE; GABBRO; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 1842682488     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756803008549     Document Type: Article

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