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Back-Arc Spreading Systems

Back-Arc Spreading Systems

Christie, David M.

Paperback

Series: Geophysical Monograph, Book 166

GeologyPhysics

ISBN10: 0875904319
ISBN13: 9780875904313
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Published: Jan 1 2006
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.60
Height: 0.65 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 166.

New ocean crust is continuously created where tectonic plates diverge. A distinctive type of oceanic crust is formed by back-arc spreading systems that parallel oceanic island arcs on the side away from the subducting plate. Volatile-rich and spatially variable, back-arc spreading systems are a natural laboratory for multi-disciplinary studies of seafloor creation, the flow of magma from the deep earth, and the hydrothermal ecosystems that this flow sustains.

Derived from the prestigious Ridge 2000 InterRidge Theoretical Institute held in 2004, Back-Arc Spreading Systems: Geological, Biological, Chemical, and Physical Interactions reviews the state of the science, with select case studies.

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