Sedimentary, volcanic, and tectonic processes of the central Mariana Arc: Mariana Trough back-arc basin formation and the West Mariana Ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Oakley, A J ^a   Taylor, B ^a   Moore, G F ^a   Goodliffe, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc rifting; Mariana convergent margin; Mariana trough

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249102341     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002312     Document Type: Article

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