Paleogeographic reconstruction of accreted oceanic rocks, Akiyoshi, southwest Japan

Research Article| July 01, 1988 Paleogeographic reconstruction of accreted oceanic rocks, Akiyoshi, southwest Japan Hiroyoshi Sano; Hiroyoshi Sano 1Department of Geology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Kametoshi Kanmera Kametoshi Kanmera 1Department of Geology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Hiroyoshi Sano 1Department of Geology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan Kametoshi Kanmera 1Department of Geology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1988) 16 (7): 600–603. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0600:PROAOR>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Hiroyoshi Sano, Kametoshi Kanmera; Paleogeographic reconstruction of accreted oceanic rocks, Akiyoshi, southwest Japan. Geology 1988;; 16 (7): 600–603. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0600:PROAOR>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The depositional setting of an accreted oceanic rock succession of limestone, chert, and greenstone is reconstructed by using the stratigraphy, age, and lithologic features in the Akiyoshi terrane, southwest Japan. Stratigraphic and radiolarian paleontological results identify four coeval oceanic rock units, ranging in age from late early Carboniferous to late middle Permian. Sediments on the top, the upper flank, the lower flank, and the foot of the seamount and on the surrounding ocean floor are represented by reef limestone, detrital limestone with spicular chert, spicular chert with displaced limestone, and radiolaria-bearing chert, respectively; all units rest on greenstone. Radiolaria-bearing chert is interpreted as a more distal facies than spicular chert. These rocks are interpreted as sediments deposited on and around a basaltic seamount formed in an open-ocean realm that had no input of terrigenous materials. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.