Constraining crustal emplacement processes from the variation in seismic layer 2A thickness at the East Pacific Rise

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 289-309

  Hooft, Emilie E E ^a   Schouten, Hans ^a   Detrick, Robert S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dikes; East Pacific Rise; Emplacement; Models; Oceanic crust

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL FORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DYKE EMPLACEMENT; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC CRUST;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0030426569     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00101-x     Document Type: Article

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