Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic tectonic evolution of SW Japan: A review - Reappraisal of the accretionary orogeny and revalidation of the collisional model

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-101

  Charvet, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Collisional orogen accretionary orogen; Geodynamics; Japanese Islands; Late Paleozoic; Mesozoic; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLLISION ZONE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; MESOZOIC; NAPPE; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAMOUNT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84878645722     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.04.023     Document Type: Review

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