Recent volcanism in the Siqueiros transform fault: Picritic basalts and implications for MORB magma genesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 91-108

  Perfit, M R ^a   Fornari, D J ^b   Ridley, W I ^c   Kirk, P D ^a   Casey, J ^d   Kastens, K A ^e   Reynolds, J R ^e   Edwards, M ^f   Desonie, D ^g   Shuster, R ^h   Paradis, S ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

ⁱ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Magmas; Olivine; Olivine basalt; Phase equilibria; Picrite; Siqueiros fracture zone

Indexed keywords

BASLATS; MAGMA; TRANSFORM FAULT; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE, SIQUEIRS TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 0029751343     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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