Detrital chromian spinels in Devonian-Carboniferous sandstones of Hikoroichi area, NE Japan: Their provenance and tectonic relationship

Science Reports of the University of Tsukuba, Institute of Geoscience, Section B: Geological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue , 2002, Pages 39-51

  Hisada, Ken Ichiro ^c   Bunyoungkul, Thitikorn ^a   Charusiri, Punya ^b  

^a Unocal Thailand Ltd   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Detrital chromian spinels; Devonian Carboniferous; Sandstone; Serpentinite; South Kitakami Terrane

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; GONDWANA; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SERPENTINITE; SPINEL; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; KITAKAMI MOUNTAINS; TOHOKU;

EID: 33745523109     PISSN: 03886182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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