A very hydrous mantle under the western Pacific region: Implications for formation of marginal basins and style of Archean plate tectonics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 132-147

  Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archean plate tectonics; Marginal basins; Refrigerated hydrous mantle; The western Pacific region

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MARGINAL BASIN; MICROPLATE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PETROCHEMISTRY; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 33845329488     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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