Evolution of the Sanbagawa and Shimanto high-pressure belts in SW Japan: Insights from K-Ar (Ar-Ar) geochronology

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1075-1090

  Itaya, Tetsumaru ^a   Tsujimori, Tatsuki ^b   Liou, Juhn G ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon depletion; Exhumation process; Phengite K Ar ages; Sanbagawa metamorphic belt; Shimanto metamorphic belt

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CORRELATION; CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PHENGITE; PLATE TECTONICS; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SUBDUCTION; ZIRCON;

JAPAN; SAMBAGAWA BELT; SHIMANTO BELT;

EID: 80051992828     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.06.012     Document Type: Review

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