The 'subduction initiation rule': A key for linking ophiolites, intra-oceanic forearcs, and subduction initiation

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1031-1045

  Whattam, Scott A ^a   Stern, Robert J ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearcs; Intra oceanic arcs; Izu Bonin Marianas arc; Ophiolites; Subduction initiation; Tethys

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DECOMPRESSION; DEHYDRATION; ISLAND ARC; LAVA; MARINE SEDIMENT; MELTING; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TETHYS;

IZU-BONIN ARC; MARIANA ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80053577148     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0638-z     Document Type: Article

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