Strain geometries in the Sanbagawa Metamorphic Belt inferred from deformation structures in metabasite

Island Arc

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-109

  Shimizu, Ichiko ^a   Yoshida, Shizuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Electric Power Services Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chichibu Belt; Deformation; Metamorphism; Pillow lava; Pressure shadow; Sanbagawa Belt; Strain

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; PILLOW LAVA; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION;

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

EID: 2042427117     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2003.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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