Buoyant mantle upwelling and crustal production at oceanic spreading centers: On-axis segmentation and off-axis melting

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 11979-11989

  Barnouin Jha, Kopal ^a,c,d   Parmentier, E M ^a   Sparks, David W ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Telesis   (United States)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EXTENSION; CRUSTAL PRODUCTION; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE PROCESSES; MELTING; OCEANIC CRUST; SEGMENTATION; SPREADING CENTRE; SPREADING CENTRES;

EID: 0030719484     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb03807     Document Type: Article

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