Metamorphism and metamorphic K-Ar ages of the Mesozoic accretionary complex in Northland, New Zealand

Island Arc

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 416-431

  Nishimura, Yujiro ^a   Black, Philippa M ^b   Itaya, Tetsumaru ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Caples Terrane; Graphitization; K Ar age; Northland; Peak age of metamorphism; Subduction metamorphism; Torlesse Terrane; Waipapa Terrane

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

EID: 4243107383     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2004.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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