Enriched-MORB emplaced along an active spreading axis in a back-arc basin (northern North Fiji Basin);Mise en place de basaltes enrichis le long d'un axe d'accrétion actif en domaine arrière-arc (dorsale sud pandora-tripartite, bassin Nord-Fidjien, sud-ouest pacifique)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 325, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 651-658

  Guivel, Christèle ^a   Yves, Lagabrielle ^a   Eissen, Jean Philippe ^b   Dosso, Laure ^c   Ruellan, Étienne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Active oceanic spreading; Back arc basin; Enriched basalts; Geochemistry; North Fiji basin; Southwest Pacific

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BACKARC BASINS; BASALTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MORB; OIB; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; THOLEIITE;

PACIFIC, NORTH FIJI BASIN;

EID: 0042264046     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1251-8050(97)89106-9     Document Type: Article

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