Multiple active spreading centres in the hot North Fiji Basin (Southwest Pacific): A possible model for Archaean seafloor dynamics?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Lagabrielle, Yves ^a   Goslin, Jean ^a   Martin, Hervé ^b   Thirot, Jean Louis ^a   Auzende, Jean Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Accretion; Archean; Back arc basins; Thermal regime; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; BACKARC BASIN; BACKARC BASINS; MANTLE CONVECTION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

PACIFIC, NORTH FIJI BASIN;

EID: 0030670133     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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