Variation with spreading rate of oceanic crustal thickness and geochemistry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1994, Pages 435-449

  Bown, Jonathan W ^a   White, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING RATE;

EID: 0028250152     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(94)90082-5     Document Type: Article

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