Pressure-temperature conditions of ongoing regional metamorphism beneath the Japanese Islands

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 458-469

  Omori, S ^a   Kita, S ^b   Maruyama, S ^a   Santosh, M ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehydration induced earthquake hypothesis; Japanese Islands; Ongoing regional metamorphism; Subduction zone; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

JAPAN;

EID: 69749087301     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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