A plate model for Jurassic to Recent intraplate volcanism in the Pacific Ocean basin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 471-495

  Smith, Alan D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreted terranes; Intraplate volcanism; Jurassic to Recent history; Pacific basin; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

ACCRETED TERRANES; INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM; JURASSIC; OCEANIC PLATEAUX; PACIFIC BASIN; RIDGE SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC PROCESS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CORDILLERA; FRACTURE; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; LITHOSPHERE; MIGRATION; OLIGOCENE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; RECONSTRUCTION; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

ARIZONA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; HIKURANGI; ICA; JAVA; KENTUCKY; LOUISVILLE; MAGELLAN SEAMOUNTS; NAZCA; NEW GUINEA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU; PHOENIX; SHATSKY RISE; SUNDA ISLES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149087913     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(23)     Document Type: Article

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