Modes of Crustal Accretion in Back-Arc Basins: Inferences from the Lau Basin

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 5-30

  Martinez, Fernando ^a   Taylor, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; HOT SPRINGS; MELTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

BACK-ARC BASIN; BACK-ARC SPREADING CENTERS; DECOMPRESSION MELTING; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MANTLE WEDGE HYDRATIONS; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGIES; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84951282373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/166GM03     Document Type: Chapter

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