Mantle process beneath Philippine Sea back-arc spreading ridges: A synthesis of peridotite petrology and tectonics

Island Arc

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-129

  Ohara, Yasuhiko ^a  

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

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Channeled melt flow; Mantle process; Melt mantle interaction; Peridotite; Philippine Sea; Porous melt flow

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; MANTLE PROCESS; SPREADING CENTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 33644802606     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2006.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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