Masaru Terabayashi

TL;DR: A series of 20 maps of the Japanese Islands from their birth at ca 750-700 Ma to the present, from the viewpoint of plate tectonics is presented in this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors classified high-P/T metamorphic belts into two types: collision-type and cordilleran-type blueschists, based on their protoliths.

TL;DR: The Iratsu body is the largest eclogitic body in the Sanbagawa belt, central Shikoku, composed of schists with pumpellyite-actinolite, through blueschist/greenschist transition and epidote-amphibolite up to eclogsite-facies grades as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the results of detailed mapping of the Kokchetav Massif and use structural data to propose intrusion and exhumation mechanisms for the ultra-high pressure metamorphic (UHPM) rocks.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured the U-Pb age of zircon grains separated from podiform chromitites from the Luobusa ophiolite, Southern Tibet, using laser ablation microprobe (LA-IC-PMS).