Tectonic history of the Pacific-Farallon-Phoenix triple junction from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous: An abandoned Mesozoic spreading system in the Central Pacific Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 12453-12468

  Nakanishi, Masao ^a   Winterer, Edward L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPREADING RIDGE; TECTONIC HISTORY; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0032503487     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00754     Document Type: Article

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