back-arc region

C36824
concept

A back-arc region is the tectonic area located on the side of a volcanic arc opposite the subducting plate, often characterized by extension, rifting, and associated magmatism.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
back-arc basin system 2
back-arc basin volcanic system 1
back-arc region canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: back-arc region
Generated description
A back-arc region is the tectonic area located on the side of a volcanic arc opposite the subducting plate, often characterized by extension, rifting, and associated magmatism.

Instances (4)

Instance Via concept surface
Cascadia back-arc region
Tyrrhenian back-arc basin system back-arc basin system
Tyrrhenian Sea volcanic province back-arc basin volcanic system
Kermadec–Taupō volcanic region back-arc basin system