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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ito H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3575581 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20130101
Although the quest for Earth's oldest rock is of great importance, identifying the youngest exposed pluton on Earth is also of interest. A pluton is a body of intrusive igneous rock that crystallized from slowly cooling magma at depths of several kilometers beneath the surface of the Earth. Therefore, the youngest exposed pluton represents the most recent tectonic uplift and highest exhumation. The youngest exposed pluton reported to date is the Takidani Granodiorite (~ 1.4 Ma) in the Hida Mount ...[more]