Back-Arc Spreading Systems

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875904319
• ISBN13: 9780875904313
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: American Geophysical Union
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"