The composition of back-arc basin lower crust and upper mantle in the Mariana Trough: A first report

Island Arc

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 354-372

  Stern, Robert J ^a   Bloomer, Sherman H ^b   Martinez, Fernando ^c   Yamazaki, Toshitsugu ^d   Harrison, T Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Back arc basin crust; Back arc basin rifting; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BACKARC BASINS; CRUST (LOWER); CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE (UPPER); OPHIOLITE; RIFTING;

PACIFIC, MARIANA TROUGH;

EID: 0030435609     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1996.tb00036.x     Document Type: Article

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