A critical evaluation of recent models for Lau-Tonga arc-backarc basin magmatic evolution

Chemical Geology

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 9-44

  Hergt, Janet M ^a   Woodhead, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lau Islands; Slab flux; Subduction magmatism

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MODELING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34748838992     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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