Deepening of the axial magma chamber on the southern East Pacific Rise toward the Garrett Fracture Zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 3097-3108

  Tolstoy, Maya ^a,b   Harding, Alistair J ^a   Orcutt, John A ^a   Detrick, Robert S ^c   Kent, Graham M ^c   Mutter, John C ^b   Buhl, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminocarbene; Formaldimine; Isomer differentiation; Neutralization reionization

Indexed keywords

AXIAL MAGMA CHAMBER; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEPENING; MAGMA CHAMBERS; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC CRUST;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE, GARRETT FRACTURE ZONE;

EID: 0030819979     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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