Asymmetric rifting of the northern Mariana Trough

Island Arc

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 460-470

  Yamazaki, Toshitsugu ^a   Murakami, Fumitoshi ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backarc basin; Extensional tectonics; Heat flow; Mariana Trough; Pacific Ocean; Rifting; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HEAT FLOW; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

MARIANA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032451868     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1998.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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