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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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The author employs several collision models to support his findings and to explain why the traditional model of a backarc shortening above an eastwardly dipping subduction zone does not fit current data.
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Deep sea research in subduction zones, spreading centres and backarc basins, pp.
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However, the ascent of such small volumes of melt is mechanically problematic (see Murphy 2006) and so alkalic magmas in arc settings tend to be restricted to specialized settings, such as local rift zones within the arc or backarc region.
Igneous rock associations 8. Arc magmatism II: geochemical and ... by Murphy, J. Brendan / Geoscience Canada
 
 
 
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