Very shallow melting of oceanic crust during spreading ridge subduction: Origin of near-trench Quaternary volcanism at the Chile Triple Junction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Guivel, Christèle ^a   Lagabrielle, Yves ^b   Bourgois, Jacques ^c   Martin, Hervé ^d   Arnaud, Nicolas ^d   Fourcade, Serge ^e   Cotten, Joseph ^b   Maury, René C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Calc alkaline magmatism; Chile trench; Forearc magmatism; Geochemistry; Ridge subduction; Slab melting

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MELTING; OCEANIC CRUST; QUATERNARY; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANISM;

CHILE; CHILE TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAITAO PENINSULA;

EID: 0142228742     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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