Ultra-high excess argon in kyanites: Implications for ultra-high pressure metamorphism in northeast Japan

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 617-621

  Itaya, T ^a   Hyodo, H ^a   Uruno, K ^b   Mikoshiba, M U ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b AIST ^*  (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ar Ar age; Barrovian; Kyanite; UHP rocks; Ultra high excess argon

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; KYANITE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; POTASSIUM; RETROGRESSION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; KITAKAMI MOUNTAINS; TOHOKU;

EID: 27644587689     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71163-1     Document Type: Letter

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