Why are there no back-arc basins around the eastern Pacific margin?
There are many back-arc basins (system of island arc and back-arc seas) on the western margin of the Pacific Ocean, but we do not find any back-arc basins on the eastern of the Pacific margin even though volcanism related to subducting slabs has been operating on both sides of the Pacific. It seems...
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas |
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| Online Access: | https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/963 |
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