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BACK-ARC AREA [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

In the back-arc regions behind island arcs a small ocean basin such as the Japan Sea ... may be present ...

CONT

The back-arc region behind the volcanoes may show convergence (such as crustal faulting and folding) or divergence (such as crustal thinning and subsidence).

CONT

The exposure of much more rock to subaerial erosion will greatly increase the volume of sediment which reaches inter-island gaps, the arc-trench gap and the back-arc area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Schéma d'un arc insulaire : Bassin océanique; prisme d'accrétion; haut externe de l'arc; bassin avant-arc; arc volcanique; région arrière-arc.

Spanish

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