Late Jurassic-Early cretaceous intra-arc sedimentation and volcanism linked to plate motion change in northern Japan

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 753-770

  Takashima, Reishi ^a   Nishi, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshida, Rakeyoshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Cretaceous; Island arc; Jurassic; Tectonics; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

ASIA; CRETACEOUS; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; VOLCANISM;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEDIMENTATION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITIC BASALT; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33750983934     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680600255X     Document Type: Article

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