Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tectonics of the Hida Gaien Belt, central Japan: Overview

Abstract

The Hida Gaien Belt, central Japan, is one of the oldest belts in the pre-Neogene tectonic divisions of the Japanese Islands. It consists of the Ordovician mafic to ultranrafic rocks, Ordovician to Peumian clastic, volcaniclastic and carbonate rocks, 300-400 Ma HP metamorphic rocks with blueschists, serpentinites and the Mesozoic to Cenozoic covers. In this article, recent progress and perspectives in the research of the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic tectonics of the Hida Gaien Belt are reviewed and discussed. About 100 literatures, published in 1951-2004, mostly in the last two decades, are selected and introduced.