The geology of the southern Mariana fore-arc crust: Implications for the scale of Eocene volcanism in the western Pacific

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 380, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-51

  Reagan, Mark K ^a   McClelland, William C ^a   Girard, Guillaume ^a   Goff, Kathleen R ^a   Peate, David W ^a   Ohara, Yasuhiko ^b,c   Stern, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan Coast Guard   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Eocene Climate Optimum; Fore arc stratigraphy; Izu Bonin Mariana arc; Subduction initiation; Zircon U Pb age

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OPTIMA; GABBROIC ROCKS; IZU-BONIN-MARIANA ARC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; NORTH ATLANTIC IGNEOUS PROVINCE; SUBDUCTION INITIATION; WESTERN PACIFIC; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

AGE DETERMINATION; BASALT; CONTINENTAL ARC; EOCENE; GABBRO; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LITHOLOGY; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOCLIMATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

GUAM; IZU-BONIN ARC; MARIANA ARC; MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84883707059     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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