Along-axis magmatic oscillations and exposure of ultramafic rocks in a second-order segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (33°43'N to 34°07′N)

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1059-1062

  Gràcia, Eulàlia ^a   Bideau, Daniel ^b   Hekinian, Roger ^b   Lagabrielle, Yves ^c   Parson, Lindsay M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; VOLCANOES;

IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITES; ULTRAMAFIC MASSIFS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

MAGNESITE;

BASALT; CRUST; FISSURE; MAGMA; PERIDOTITE; SPREADING CENTER; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; UPLIFT; EXTENSION; MAGMATISM; MID OCEAN RIDGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031417598     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1059:AAMOAE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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