From orogenic hinterlands to Mediterranean-style back-arc basins: A comparative analysis

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-311

  Platt, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 33947385355     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-093     Document Type: Review

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