The effects of spreading rate, the magma budget, and the geometry of magma emplacement on the axial heat flux at mid-ocean ridges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 11475-11482

  Chen, Yongshun John ^a   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL HEAT FLUX; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; MAGMA; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SPREADING RATE; THERMAL MODELS; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029729823     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00330     Document Type: Article

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