Early evolution of a young back-arc basin in the Havre Trough
@article{Tontini2019EarlyEO, title={Early evolution of a young back-arc basin in the Havre Trough}, author={F. Caratori Tontini and D. Bassett and C. E. D. de Ronde and C. Timm and R. Wysoczanski}, journal={Nature Geoscience}, year={2019}, pages={1-7} }
Back-arc basins are found at convergent plate boundaries. Nevertheless, they are zones of significant crustal extension that show volcanic and hydrothermal processes somewhat similar to those of mid-ocean ridges. Accepted models imply the initial rifting and thinning of a pre-existing volcanic arc until seafloor spreading gradually develops over timescales of a few million years. The Havre Trough northeast of New Zealand is a unique place on Earth where the early stages of back-arc basin… CONTINUE READING
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