Back-arc spreading systems : geological, biological, chemical, and physical interactions

Author(s)

• Christie, David M

Bibliographic Information

Back-arc spreading systems : geological, biological, chemical, and physical interactions

David M. Christie ... [et al.], editors

（Geophysical monograph, 166）

American Geophysical Union, 2006

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 166. New ocean crust is continuously created where tectonic plates diverge. A distinctive type of oceanic crust is formed by back-arc spreading systems that parallel oceanic island arcs on the side away from the subducting plate. Volatile-rich and spatially variable, back-arc spreading systems are a natural laboratory for multi-disciplinary studies of seafloor creation, the flow of magma from the deep earth, and the hydrothermal ecosystems that this flow sustains. Derived from the prestigious Ridge 2000 InterRidge Theoretical Institute held in 2004, Back-Arc Spreading Systems: Geological, Biological, Chemical, and Physical Interactions reviews the state of the science, with select case studies. Experienced researchers in, and students of, marine geology, biological oceanography, marine geochemistry, volcanology, petrology, and geo- and paleomagnetism will find this volume a significant resource now and for the near future.

Table of Contents

Preface David M Christie and Charles R Fisher vii Geological, Biological, Chemical, and Physical Interactions in Back-Arc Spreading Systems- An Introduction 1 David M Christie and Charles R Fisher Synthesis Papers Modes of Crustal Accretion in Back-Arc Basins: Inferences From the Lau Basin 5 Fernando Martinez and Brian Taylor Present-Day Tectonics in Four Active Island Arcs Based on GPS Observations and Forearc Stress Fields Teruyuki Kato and Atsuki Kubo 31 Mantle Structure and Flow Patterns Beneath Active Back-Arc Basins Inferred From Passive Seismic and Electromagnetic Methods 43 Douglas A Wiens, Nobukazu Seama, and James A Conder Origin of Back-Arc Basin Magmas: Trace Element and Isotope Perspectives 63 Julian A Pearce and Robert J Stern Chemical Systematics and Hydrous Melting of the Mantle in Back-Arc Basins 87 C.H Langmuir, A Bezos, S Escrig, and S.W Parman Unique Geochemistry of Submarine Hydrothermal Fluids From Arc-Back-Arc Settings of the Western Pacific 147 Toshitaka Gamo, Junichiro Ishibashi, Urumu Tsunogai, Kei Okamura, and Hitoshi Chiba Magmatic Fluids as a Source of Metals in Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems 163 Kaihui Yang and Steven D Scott Microbial Ecology of Mid-Ocean Ridges and Back-Arc Basins 185 Ken Takai, Satoshi Nakagawa, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, and Joost Hoek Composition and Biogeography of Hydrothermal Vent Communities in Western Pacific Back-Arc Basins 215 Daniel Desbruyeres, Jun Hashimoto, and Marie-Claire Fabri Physiological Ecology of Back-Arc Basin Fauna: Explorations of the Known and Unknown 235 James J Childress, Dijanna Figueroa, and Michael Henry Case Studies The East Scotia Sea: Mantle to Microbe 243 Roy Livermore Tectonic and Magmatic Evolution of the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea: Review and New Synthesis 263 Sang-Mook Lee and Etienne Ruellan Origin of Diverse Geochemical Signatures in Igneous Rocks From the West Philippine Basin: Implications for Tectonic Models 287 Rosemary Hickey-Vargas, Ivan P Savov, Michael Bizimis, Teruaki Ishii, and Kantaro Fujioka

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Details

• NCID: BA80628850
• ISBN:
  • 9780875904313
  • 0875904319
• LCCN: 2006031438
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, DC
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 303 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QE511.7
  • DC22 : 551.1/36
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sea-floor spreading
  • LCSH : Back-arc basins
  • LCSH : Hydrothermal vents
  • LCSH : Marine geophysics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00442691