David M. Christie and Charles R. Fisher are the authors of Back-Arc Spreading Systems: Geological, Biological, Chemical, and Physical Interactions, published by Wiley.

• PrefaceDavid M Christie and Charles R Fisher viiGeological, Biological, Chemical, and Physical Interactions in Back-Arc Spreading Systems— An Introduction 1David M Christie and Charles R FisherSynthesis PapersModes of Crustal Accretion in Back-Arc Basins: Inferences From the Lau Basin 5Fernando Martinez and Brian TaylorPresent-Day Tectonics in Four Active Island Arcs Based on GPS Observations and Forearc Stress FieldsTeruyuki Kato and Atsuki Kubo 31Mantle Structure and Flow Patterns Beneath Active Back-Arc Basins Inferred From Passive Seismic and Electromagnetic Methods 43Douglas A Wiens, Nobukazu Seama, and James A ConderOrigin of Back-Arc Basin Magmas: Trace Element and Isotope Perspectives 63Julian A Pearce and Robert J SternChemical Systematics and Hydrous Melting of the Mantle in Back-Arc Basins 87C.H Langmuir, A Bézos, S Escrig, and S.W ParmanUnique Geochemistry of Submarine Hydrothermal Fluids From Arc–Back-Arc Settings of the Western Pacific 147Toshitaka Gamo, Junichiro Ishibashi, Urumu Tsunogai, Kei Okamura, and Hitoshi ChibaMagmatic Fluids as a Source of Metals in Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems 163Kaihui Yang and Steven D ScottMicrobial Ecology of Mid-Ocean Ridges and Back-Arc Basins 185Ken Takai, Satoshi Nakagawa, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, and Joost HoekComposition and Biogeography of Hydrothermal Vent Communities in Western Pacific Back-Arc Basins 215Daniel Desbruyères, Jun Hashimoto, and Marie-Claire FabriPhysiological Ecology of Back-Arc Basin Fauna: Explorations of the Known and Unknown 235James J Childress, Dijanna Figueroa, and Michael HenryCase StudiesThe East Scotia Sea: Mantle to Microbe 243Roy LivermoreTectonic and Magmatic Evolution of the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea: Review and New Synthesis 263Sang-Mook Lee and Etienne RuellanOrigin of Diverse Geochemical Signatures in Igneous Rocks From the West Philippine Basin: Implications for Tectonic Models 287Rosemary Hickey-Vargas, Ivan P Savov, Michael Bizimis, Teruaki Ishii, and Kantaro Fujioka