Isotopic evidence for channeled fluid flow in low-grade metamorphosed Jurassic accretionary complex in the Northern Chichibu belt, western Shikoku, Japan

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-400

  Sakakibara, M ^a   Umeki, M ^a,c   Cartwright, I ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

External fluid; Low grade metamorphosed Jurassic accretionary complex; Northern Chichibu belt; Out of sequence thrust; Stable isotopic alteration

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SHIKOKU;

EID: 34047266223     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2007.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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