From rifting to active spreading in the Lau Basin-Havre trough backarc system (SW Pacific): Locking/unlocking induced by seamount chain subduction

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Ruellan, E ^a   Delteil, J ^b   Wright, I ^c   Matsumoto, T ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backarc basin; Rifting; Southwest Pacific; Spreading; Subduction; Tectonic

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748911567     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000261     Document Type: Article

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