Geology and tectonics of Japanese islands: A review - The key to understanding the geology of Asia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-87

  Wakita, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretion; Back arc; Collision; Geology; Japan; Japanese Islands; Metamorphism; Plutonism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BACKARC BASIN; CLAST; CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FELSIC ROCK; GRANITE; ISLAND ARC; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; PLUTONIC ROCK; PLUTONISM; PROVENANCE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

CHINA; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SHIKOKU; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84878654887     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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