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Backarc Spreading

Backarc Spreading is a tectonic process in which extensional deformation and seafloor spreading occur behind an oceanic trench at a subduction zone, driven by mantle flow and slab rollback, resulting in the formation of a backarc basin.

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8.6K

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336

Authors

167

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2017–2026

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Back-arc Spreading

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Publications

96

On the relationships between slab dip, back‐arc stress, upper plate absolute motion, and crustal nature in subduction zones

Serge Lallemand, Arnauld Heuret, D. Boutelier · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2005 · 533 citations · Full text

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The Oman ophiolite as a Cretaceous arc-basin complex: evidence and implications

Julian A. Pearce, T. Alabaster, A. W. Shelton et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1981 · 498 citations

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Controls on back‐arc basin formation

M. Sdrolias, R. Dietmar Müller · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2006 · 442 citations · Full text

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Destruction of the eastern North China Craton in a backarc setting: Evidence from crustal deformation kinematics

Guang Zhu, Dazhi Jiang, Zhang Bilong et al. · Gondwana Research · 2011 · 395 citations

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Depth Extent of the Lau Back-Arc Spreading Center and Its Relation to Subduction Processes

Dapeng Zhao, Yingbiao Xu, Douglas A. Wiens et al. · Science · 1997 · 304 citations

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Authors

336

  1. DA
    Douglas A. Wiens

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    4 publications · 662 citations

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  2. JA
    J. A. Conder

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States

    3 publications · 358 citations

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  3. FM
    Fernando Martínez

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    3 publications · 183 citations

    3

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  4. MS
    M. Sdrolias

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 498 citations

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  5. PS
    Piera Spadea

    University of Udine, Italy

    2 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

167

  1. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    539 citations

  2. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    311 citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    274 citations

  4. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    258 citations

  5. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    231 citations

  6. Geological Survey of Japan

    Tsukuba, Japan

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    105 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    678 citations

  8. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    291 citations

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Venues

  1. Tectonophysics

    11 publications · 646 citations

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  2. Geology

    8 publications · 826 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    8 publications · 740 citations

    8

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  4. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 6 publications · 512 citations

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  5. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    6 publications · 1.6K citations

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