Postcollisional exhumation history of the Tanzawa Tonalite Complex, inferred from (U-Th)/He thermochronology and fission track analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Yamada, Kunimi ^a   Tagami, Takahiro ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-ARC COLLISION; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TONALITE; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FOSSA MAGNA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANAGAWA; KANTO; TANZAWA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 44449098682     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005368     Document Type: Article

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