Age spectra of detrital zircon of the Jurassic clastic rocks of the Mino-Tanba AC belt in SW Japan: Constraints to the provenance of the mid-Mesozoic trench in East Asia.

Highlights: [•] Detrital zircon of mid-Jurassic AC sandstone in SW Japan was dated by LA-ICPMS. [•] Most of zircon grains range in the Jurassic, Permo-Triassic, and middle Paleozoic. [•] Older grains of Paleoproterozoic and Neoarchean ages were likely from N. and S. China. [•] Mid-Jurassic trench in SW Japan developed along the Cathaysia margin of S. China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]