Models of ocean ridge lithospheric deformation: Dependence on crustal thickness, spreading rate, and segmentation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 17977-17993

  Shaw, William J ^a   Lin, Jian ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SEGMENTATION; SPREADING RATE;

EID: 0030423803     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00949     Document Type: Article

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