Steady and non-steady state magma chambers below the East Pacific Rise

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-224

  Batiza, Rodey ^a   Niu, Y ^b   Karsten, J L ^a   Boger, W ^a   Potts, E ^c   Norby, L ^a   Butler, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Departments of Pan African Studies and Political Science   (United States)

^d IRI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA CHAMBERS; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; PETROLOGY; STEADY/NON-STEADY STATE; THERMAL HISTORY;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

FLOWLINES;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; MAGMA CHAMBER; NON STEADY-STATE; SAMPLE SETS; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMAL HISTORY; TIME-SCALES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EID: 0029730848     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL00016     Document Type: Article

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