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Length-Slow Chalcedony in Sedimentary Rocks of the Mesozoic Allochthonous Terrane in Central Japan and Its Use for Tectonic Synthesis

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Siliceous Deposits of the Tethys and Pacific Regions

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Length-slow chalcedony was recently discovered in the Mesozoic Mino Terrane, Central Japan. Lutecite and quartzine, two varieties of length-slow chalcedony, occur in exotic limestone, chert, and dolostone blocks as secondary minerals replacing carbonates or as vein minerals. Clastic fragments of length-slow chalcedony were also found in Mesozoic turbidite sandstone in this terrane. Indigenous rock-formations carrying length-slow chalcedony have not been recognized in Japan. Length-slow chalcedony is generally considered to form under geologic environments different from those for length-fast chalcedony, that is, length-slow chalcedony tends to form in sedimentary rocks deposited on cratonic margins in arid, evaporitic environments. Accordingly, it is likely to consider that the Mino Terrane is composed of tectonic blocks and detritus from cratonic regions containing much length-slow chalcedony formed in evaporitic environments. Recent geologic, paleomagnetic, and paleontologic syntheses of the tectonic evolution of the Japanese Islands have revealed the allochthonous nature of the Mino Terrane. I suggest that length-slow chalcedony can be used as a tracer mineral to identify the provenance of the allochthonous Mino Terrane.

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Hattori, I. (1989). Length-Slow Chalcedony in Sedimentary Rocks of the Mesozoic Allochthonous Terrane in Central Japan and Its Use for Tectonic Synthesis. In: Hein, J.R., Obradović, J. (eds) Siliceous Deposits of the Tethys and Pacific Regions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3494-4_13

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