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Back-arc Tectonics

Back-Arc Tectonics is a tectonic process characterized by the deformation and magmatic activity occurring in the region behind a volcanic arc, typically driven by slab rollback and resulting in extensional or compressional regimes within the overriding lithospheric plate.

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Back‐arc opening and the mode of subduction

Seiya Uyeda, Hiroo Kanamori · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1979 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

Claudio Faccenna, T. W. Becker, L. M. Auer et al. · Reviews of Geophysics · 2014 · 585 citations · Full text

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Geographical distribution of <sup>3</sup>He/<sup>4</sup>He ratios in Japan: Implications for arc tectonics and incipient magmatism

Yuji Sano, Hiroshi Wakita · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1985 · 515 citations

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Geochemical characteristics of basaltic volcanism within back-arc basins

Andrew D. Saunders, J. Tarney · Geological Society London Special Publications · 1984 · 496 citations

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Tectonic Evolution of the Japanese Island Arc System

Asahiko Taira · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2001 · 484 citations

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Authors

1.3K

  1. CF
    Claudio Faccenna

    Roma Tre University, Italy

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. LJ
    Laurent Jolivet

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. MS
    M. Santosh

    China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China

    6 publications · 280 citations

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  4. BT
    Brian Taylor

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. SY
    Seok‐Hoon Yoon

    Seoul National University, South Korea

    4 publications · 217 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    20 h-index

    70 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    51 publications

    4.1K citations

  3. China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. China University of Geosciences

    Wuhan, China

    12 h-index

    52 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Institute of Geology and Geophysics

    Beijing, China

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Geological Survey of Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    646 citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    729 citations

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  1. Tectonophysics

    25 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. Geological Society London Special Publications

    26 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Lithos

    24 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    22 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 10 publications · 3.3K citations

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