Propagation of back-arc extension in the arc of the southern New Hebrides Subduction Zone (South West Pacific) and possible relation to subduction initiation.

Maud Fabre1, Martin Patriat1, Julien Collot2, Leonid V Danyushevsky3, Sebastien Meffre3, Trevor Falloon4, Pierrick Rouillard2, Bernard Pelletier5, Michael John Roach3 and Marc Fournier6, (1)IFREMER, Nouméa, New Caledonia, (2)Geological Survey of New Caledonia - SGNC/DIMENC, Nouméa, New Caledonia, (3)ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, (4)University of Tasmania, Centre of Ore Deposits and Earth Sciences, Hobart, Australia, (5)IRD, Nouméa, New Caledonia, (6)University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI, Paris, France