Controls on back-arc crustal accretion: Insights from the Lau, Manus and Mariana basins

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 219, Issue , 2003, Pages 19-54

  Martinez, Fernando ^a   Taylor, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BACKARC BASIN; ISLAND ARC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

BISMARCK SEA; LAU BASIN; MANUS BASIN; MARIANA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0346651423     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.219.01.02     Document Type: Article

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