Mid-ocean ridge eruptive vent morphology and substructure: Evidence for dike widths, eruption rates, and evolution of eruptions and axial volcanic ridges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 28265-28280

  Head III, James W ^a   Wilson, Lionel ^a,c   Smith, Deborah K ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYKE; DYKES; EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM; ERUPTION RATE; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; VENT MORPHOLOGY; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0030440128     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02275     Document Type: Article

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