• DOI:10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.218.01.03
Corpus ID: 128899276

Arc-trench rollback and forearc accretion: 1. A collision-induced mantle flow model for Tethyan ophiolites

@article{Flower2003ArctrenchRA,
  title={Arc-trench rollback and forearc accretion: 1. A collision-induced mantle flow model for Tethyan ophiolites},
  author={M. Flower and Y. Dilek},
  journal={Geological Society, London, Special Publications},
  year={2003},
  volume={218},
  pages={21 - 41}
}

• M. Flower, Y. Dilek
• Published 2003
• Geology
• Geological Society, London, Special Publications

Abstract Tectonically active remnants of Neo-Tethys represented by Mediterranean and western Pacific marginal seas are characterized by rapidly propagating backarc extension episodes. These appear to be triggered by random subduction nucleation events, commonly signalled by the appearance of refractory boninites in volcanic ‘proto-arcs’. As backarc basins evolve, active arcs separate from their ‘proto-arc’ remnants and may split again if more than one basin-opening episode occurs. Accreting arc… Expand

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