Geology of supra-subduction zones - Implications for the origin of ophiolites

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 373, Issue , 2003, Pages 227-268

  Hawkins, James W ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Backarc basin; Boninite; Ophiolite; Subduction; Trenches

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; ROCKS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRENCHING; VOLCANOES;

BACK-ARC BASIN; BONINITES; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS; SUBDUCTION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BONINITE; CENOZOIC; ISLAND ARC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC ARC;

BRAZIL; JAPAN; KYUSHU; MARIANA; MINAS GERAIS; MINDANAO; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; VANUATU;

EID: 84870987739     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2373-6.227     Document Type: Article

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