Contrasting crustal production and rapid mantle transitions beneath back-arc ridges

Nature

Volumn 469, Issue 7329, 2011, Pages 198-202

  Dunn, Robert A ^a   Martinez, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; LAVA; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPWELLING; VISCOSITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; MATERIAL STATE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; VOLCANO;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78651382844     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09690     Document Type: Article

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