Flow kinematics in the deeper part of a subduction channel, as inferred from inclusion trails in plagioclase porphyroblasts from the Sambagawa metamorphic rocks, south-west Japan

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-294

  Takeshita, T ^a   Ishii, K ^b   Kanagawa, K ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D geometry of S shaped inclusion trails; Accretionary prism; Plagioclase porphyroblast

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORPHYROBLAST;

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

EID: 20444463044     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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