Back-arc basins

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1Plate tectonics / Back-arc basin / Lau Basin / Basalt / Back-arc region / Forearc / Magmatism / Mid-ocean ridge / Subduction / Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc

New insight to the evolution of backarc basins: Leg 135 drilling transect James W. Hawkins, Geoscience Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Backarc basins are small extensional basins formed at oceanic

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Language: English - Date: 2014-09-04 08:44:57
2Mediterranean / Oceans / Back-arc basins / Arctic Ocean / Mediterranean sea / Gibraltar / Black Sea / Atlantic Ocean / Sea / Outline of Gibraltar / Messinian salinity crisis

Mediterranean Sea Inland sea separating Europe from north Africa, with Asia to the east; extreme length 3,860 km/2,400 mi; area 2,966,000 sq km/1,145,000 sq mi. It is linked to the Atlantic Ocean (at the Strait of Gibral

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Language: English - Date: 2007-07-23 09:19:02
3Abyssal plain / Seafloor spreading / Lau Basin / Oceanic basin / Triple junction / Mid-ocean ridge / Transform fault / Slab pull / Ophiolite / Geology / Plate tectonics / Back-arc basin

Geol. Soc. Australia Spec. Publ. 22, and Geol. Soc. America Spec. Pap), 343–359 Tectonic evolution of the southwest Pacific using constraints from backarc basins M. SDROLIAS*, R. D. MÜLLER AND C. GAINA Div

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Language: English - Date: 2010-03-02 22:58:22
4Mid-ocean ridge / Subduction / Sedimentary basin / Obduction / Ophiolite / Oceanic trench / Oceanic basin / Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc / Geology of Australia / Geology / Plate tectonics / Back-arc basin

Plate Tectonic Evolution of Eastern Australian Marginal Ocean Basins M. Sdrolias1, R.D. Müller2 and C. Gaina2 ABSTRACT An important component in the interpretation and assessment of a hydrocarbon exploration target is a

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Language: English - Date: 2010-03-02 22:56:52
5Subduction / Orogeny / Slab / Passive margin / Continental crust / Mid-ocean ridge / Mantle / Crust / Mantle plume / Geology / Plate tectonics / Back-arc basin

The Earth’s Paleozoic/Mesozoic tectonic and paleogeographic evolution Kara Matthews, Nicolas Flament, Dietmar Müller Continents and sedimentary basins through time have recorded fundamental Earth system cycles, reflec

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Source URL: www.geosci.usyd.edu.au

Language: English - Date: 2013-09-18 20:16:14
6Messina / Ionian Sea / Strait of Messina / Back-arc basins / Anastasio Cocco / Strait / Tyrrhenian Sea / Mediterranean Sea / Pelagic fish / Geography of Italy / Geography of Europe / Italy

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Source URL: home.um.edu.mt

Language: English - Date: 2006-04-18 10:26:07
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