From intracratonic extension to nature spreading in back arc basins: Examples from the Okinawa, Lau and, North Fiji basins

Three cruises (POP 1, SEAPSO 3 and SEAPSO 4) carried out during the "Tour du Monde" of the R.V. Jean Charcot allow us to obtain new structural and geochemical data for the Okinawa, North Fiji and Lau basins. Taken together, the structural and geochemical data illustrate a difference in evolution stages of these sites. The less evolved stage is represented by the Okinawa basin, where accretion is evidence only by volcanic intrusion into a thinned continental crust. The most evolved stage is illustrated in the North Fiji basin, where the present-day accretion can be directly compared to the East Pacific Ridge. The Lau basin displays an intermediate stage with a complex system of accretionary ridges. This difference in the evolution stage is translated in the nature and geochemistry of the rocks.

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Auzende Jean Marie, Boespflug X, Bougault Henri, Dosso Laure, Foucher Jean-Paul, Joron J-L, Ruellan Etienne, Sibuet Jean-Claude (1990). From intracratonic extension to nature spreading in back arc basins: Examples from the Okinawa, Lau and, North Fiji basins. Oceanologica Acta, Special issue, https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00268/37893/

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