Chemical Systematics and Hydrous Melting of the Mantle in Back-Arc Basins

Back-Arc Spreading Systems: Geological, Biological, Chemical, and Physical Interactions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 87-146

  Langmuir, C H ^a   Bezos A ^a   Escrig, S ^a   Parman, S W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back arc basins; Hydrothermal vents; Marine geophysics; Sea floor spreading

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GARNETS; GEOPHYSICS; HOT SPRINGS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIA; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BACK-ARC BASIN; BACK-ARC BASIN BASALTS; BACK-ARC SPREADING CENTERS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; THERMODYNAMIC APPROACHES;

MELTING;

EID: 84951269985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/166GM07     Document Type: Chapter

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