Talk:Back-arc basin

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Merge

Merge is self explanatory.Rolinator 10:40, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done :-) Vsmith 14:37, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please give cause and effect in lay-language

I'm an educated person of above-average intelligence, but I couldn't see clearly the cause of back-arc basins. They seem to be a trench formed by sea-floor spreading near a major subduction zone. But I don't see the cause and effect. It seems to me that the opening section could explain this for lay-people, with details in geologic jargon in following sections.JWorkman 15:50, 18 November 2012 (UTC)