Peridotites and gabbros from the Parece Vela backarc basin: Unique tectonic window in an extinct backarc spreading ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Ohara, Yasuhiko ^a   Fujioka, Kantaro ^b   Ishii, Teruaki ^c   Yurimoto, Hisayoshi ^d  

^a Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan Coast Guard   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amagmatic tectonics; Backarc basin; Lithospheric process; Megamullion; Peridotite

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644782198     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000469     Document Type: Article

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