K-Ar age and geochemistry of the SW Japan Paleogene cauldron cluster: Implications for Eocene-Oligocene thermo-tectonic reactivation

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 509-533

  Imaoka, T ^a   Kiminami, K ^a   Nishida, K ^b   Takemoto, M ^c   Ikawa, T ^d   Itaya, T ^e   Kagami, H ^f   Iizumi, S ^g  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Prefectural Police Department   (Japan)

^c Nippon Expressway Research Institute Company Limited   (Japan)

^d Yachiyo Engineering Co   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adakite; Cauldron; High Mg andesite; K Ar ages; Paleogene; Rifting; Sr Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ADAKITE; ANDESITE; BACKARC BASIN; BASALT; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONVERGENCE; EOCENE; EURASIAN PLATE; MAGMATISM; OLIGOCENE; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOGENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; RHYOLITE; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

JAPAN; SHIMANTO BELT;

EID: 78650579011     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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