Enigmatic extinct spreading center in the West Philippine backarc basin unveiled

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1135-1138

  Fujioka, Kantaro ^a   Okino, Kyoko ^b,d   Kanamatsu, Toshiya ^a   Ohara, Yasuhiko ^b   Ishizuka, Osamu ^c   Haraguchi, Satoru ^d   Ishii, Teruaki ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan Coast Guard   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

BACK-ARC BASIN; BACK-ARC SPREADING CENTERS; CENTRAL BASIN; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; HEAT FLOW VALUE; SLOW-SPREADING RIDGES; SPREADING RIDGE; TROUGH AND RIDGE;

TEXTURES;

BACKARC BASIN; BASALT; MAGMATISM; RIFTING; TECTONICS;

PHILIPPINE SEA; WEST PHILIPPINE BASIN;

EID: 0033509138     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1135:EESCIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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