Recognition of the Shimanto HP metamorphic belt within the traditional Sanbagawa HP metamorphic belt: New perspectives of the Cretaceous-Paleogene tectonics in Japan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-369

  Aoki, Kazumasa ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^b   Isozaki, Yukio ^a   Otoh, Shigeru ^c   Yanai, Shuichi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d Japan Geocommunications Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Orogeny; Sanbagawa metamorphic belt; Shimanto metamorphic belt; Tectonic erosion

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; BLUESCHIST FACIES; CRETACEOUS; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOGENE; PROTOLITH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI; SAMBAGAWA BELT; SHIKOKU;

EID: 79960939128     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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