Arc lavas on both sides of a trench: Slab window effects at the Solomon Islands triple junction, SW Pacific

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 293-302

  Chadwick, John ^a   Perfit, Michael ^b   McInnes, Brent ^c   Kamenov, George ^b   Plank, Terry ^d   Jonasson, Ian ^e   Chadwick, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

island arc; magma mixing; slab window; Solomon Islands; subduction; triple junction; Woodlark Spreading Center

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; MAGMA MIXING; SLAB WINDOW; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SUBDUCTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION; WOODLARK SPREADING CENTER;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; RUBIDIUM; SILICA; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WINDOWS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ISLAND ARC; MANTLE PROCESS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SLAB; SPREADING CENTER; STRATOVOLCANO; SUBDUCTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANISM;

CHILE TRIPLE JUNCTION; CORAL SEA; MELANESIA; NEW GEORGIA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN CRISTOBAL TRENCH; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)]; SOLOMON SEA; WOODLARK BASIN;

EID: 60949094209     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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