Controls on extrusion at mid-ocean ridges

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 935-938

  Buck, W Roger ^a   Carbotte, Suzanne M ^a   Mutter, Carolyn ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION;

EXCESS PRESSURE; EXTRUSIVES; FLEXURAL STRESS; LOW DENSITY; MAGMA CHAMBER; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OVERBURDEN PRESSURES; STATIC PRESSURE;

PILES;

DIKE; EXTRUSION; MAGMA; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PRESSURE EFFECT; PRESSURE FIELD; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY; MANTLE PROCESSES; MID-OCEAN RIDGES;

EID: 0031405565     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0935:COEAMO>2.3.CO     Document Type: Article

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