The detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology has been widely employed to analyze accretionary
wedges over the past decade. The goal of this paper is, first, to briefly review this rapidly …

In the middle to late Mesozoic period, the Korean Peninsula was in an active continental
margin with an accretionary complex developed in the direction of trench to the southeast …

The Sanbagawa belt is a “coherent” oceanic subduction-type metamorphic region
representing a rock package predominantly derived from oceanic crust and accreted at …

It is generally accepted that oceanic plate subduction has occurred along the eastern margin
of Asia since about 500 Ma ago. Therefore, the Japanese Islands have a> 500 Ma history of …

The main tectono‐stratigraphic unit (Shirataki unit) of the Sanbagawa metamorphic complex
in central Shikoku is characterized by abundant mafic schist layers that show the mid‐ocean …

We have estimated the timescale of material circulation in the Sanbagawa subduction zone
based on U–Pb zircon and K–Ar phengite dating in the Ikeda district, central Shikoku. The …

Recent geophysical monitoring of subduction zones has unraveled a complete spectrum of
plate coupling behaviors, from coupled portions rupturing during earthquakes to decoupled …

The aim of this study is to addresses unresolved issues associated with the depositional and
metamorphic ages of the Sanbagawa metamorphic rocks (central Shikoku, Japan). We …

Abstract The Cretaceous Shimanto accretionary complex in southwestern Japan consists
mainly of trench-fill deposits and formed in an active continental margin setting along the …

Abstract The Mikabu Unit (Mikabu greenstones) was an oceanic plateau that was in the
Mesozoic Paleo-Pacific Ocean. Large-igneous-province (LIP) activity has been proposed as …