RV SONNE Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report SO267: ARCHIMEDES I: Arc Rifting, Metallogeny and Microplate Evolution - an Integrated Geodynamic, Magmatic and Hydrothermal Study of the Fonualei Rift System, NE Lau Basin, Suva (Fiji) - Suva (Fiji), 11.12.2018 - 26.01.2019
Journal: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)
Year: 2019

Summary in English &#13;\n&#13;\nOver half of the world´s presently exploited metal deposits were formed during major episodes of crustal growth related to subduction and microplate tectonics. These processes are observed today along the entire margin of the Western Pacific, where complex microplate mosaics offer unique opportunities to study accretion and the emergence of new continental crust. The focus of SO267 was a series of crustal cross-sections at the outer edge of the IndoAustralian Pla