Controls on back-arc basin formation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Sdrolias, Maria ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Convergence; Rollback; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847320394     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001090     Document Type: Article

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