Hydrothermal alteration in a modern suprasubduction zone: The Tonga forearc crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B10, 2001, Pages 21737-21750

  Banerjee, Neil R ^a,b   Gillis, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; OCEANIC CRUST; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA FOREARC;

EID: 0035161058     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000335     Document Type: Article

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