back-arc basin

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back-arc basin [′bak‚ärk ‚bās·ən]

(geology)

The region (small ocean basin) between an island arc and the continental mainland formed during oceanic plate subduction, containing sediment eroded from both.

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No references found			Fiji Back-Arc 16[degrees]-18[degrees]S, Basin 173[degrees]-179[degrees]W Lau Back-Arc Basin 22[degrees]S, 176[degrees]W Mariana Back-Arc Basin 18[degrees]S, 144[degrees]E Indian Ocean Triple Junction Kairei mussel field 25[degrees]S, 70[degrees]E Southwest Pacific No. Biogeography, diversity, and evolution through vicariance of the ... by Scheltema, Amelie H. / Journal of Shellfish Research gather together 10 papers and three case studies that study the geological, biological, chemical, and physical interactions that occur along back-arc basin spreading centers. Back-arc spreading systems; geological, biological, chemical, and ... by SciTech Book News 2001, Development of an ancient back-arc basin overlying continental crust: the Archean Peltier Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada: Journal of Geology, v. Igneous rock associations 8. Arc magmatism II: geochemical and ... by Murphy, J. Brendan / Geoscience Canada			back rake back range back reef back resistance Back River back rush back shore back shot back shutter back siphonage back siphonage preventer back slope back solution back stay back stoping back sweetening Back Swimmers back titration Back to Methuselah Back to Methuselah by back up back veneer back vent back work Back, Sir George back-arc basin back-bent occlusion back-brush back-coated mirror back-door cold front back-draft damper back-echo reflection back-emission electron radiography back-end back-end CASE back-end system Back-Goudsmit effect back-mop back-nailing back-paint back-pressure curve back-pressure testing back-pressure valve back-pressure-relief port back-propagation back-reflection photography back-run process back-set bed back-surface field back-to-back house back-to-front ratio			back work back yard Back Yard Band Back Yard Beekeepers Association Back Yard Boards Back Yard Breeder Back Yard Burgers, Inc. Back Yard Customs Back Yard Football League Back Yard Fruit Growers Back Yard Technology Back Yard Wrestling Association Back Yard Yacht Builders Back Yard Yacht Club Back's River Back's River Back, Arms, Neck and Scalp Back, Sir George Back-2-Bangalore Back-acting steam engine back-action clasp back-action clasp back-action clasp back-action clasp back-action condenser back-action condenser back-action condenser Back-and-Fill back-and-forth back-and-forth back-arc basin Back-Arc Basin Basalt Back-arc spreading back-bent occlusion back-blast Back-bond back-breaking back-brush back-channel Back-channeling back-check back-checked back-checker back-checking back-checks back-coated mirror back-country Back-Country Kitchen Back-Cover Texts back-cross back-door back-door back-door back-door cold front Back-Door Listing Back-Door Listings back-draft damper

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