Geochemical features and tectonic setting of greenstones from Kunimiyama, Northern Chichibu Belt, central Shikoku, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-310

  Nozaki, Tatsuo ^a   Nakamura, Kentaro ^b   Osawa, Hiroshi ^a   Fujinaga, Koichiro ^c   Kato, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Geochemistry; Greenstone; Mid ocean ridge basalt (MORB); Northern Chichibu Belt; Ocean island basalt (OIB)

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE; LIMESTONE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAMOUNT; TECTONIC SETTING;

JAPAN; SHIKOKU;

EID: 32344436964     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2005.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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