Magma genesis and mantle flow at a subducting slab edge: The South Sandwich arc-basin system

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 17-35

  Leat, P T ^a   Pearce, J A ^b   Barker, P F ^a,d   Millar, I L ^a,c   Barry, T L ^b,c   Larter, R D ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BGS   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Geochemistry; Mantle flow; Slab ends; Subduction

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS;

EID: 5044229095     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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