Extrusive thickness variability at the East Pacific Rise, 9°-10°N: Constraints from seismic techniques

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 2859-2873

  Christeson, G L ^a,b   Kent, G M ^a   Purdy, G M ^a,c   Detrick, R S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FORCE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXTRUSIVE LAYER; MAGMA CHAMBER; MID OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC LAYER 2A; SEISMIC REFRACTION PROFILING; SUBSIDENCE; THICKNESS VARIABILITY;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0029750002     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03212     Document Type: Article

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