A new type of intra-plate volcanism; young alkali-basalts discovered from the subducting Pacific Plate, Northern Japan Trench

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2719-2722

  Hirano, N ^a   Kawamura, K ^b   Hattori, M ^c   Saito, K ^d   Ogawa, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b FUKADA GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; OCEAN STRUCTURES; VOLCANOES;

MAGMA CHAMBERS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ALKALI BASALT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGMATISM; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035878292     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012426     Document Type: Article

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