Rifting history of the northern Mariana Trough: SeaMARC II and seismic reflection surveys

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 11427-11455

  Baker, Nancy ^a   Fryer, Patricia ^a   Martinez, Fernando ^a   Yamazaki, Toshitsugu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BACKARC BASINS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HISTORY; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEAFLOOR-SPREADING; SEISMIC SURVEY; SIDESCAN SONAR;

PACIFIC, MARIANA TROUGH;

EID: 0029751792     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb02853     Document Type: Article

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