The nature of oceanic lower crust and shallow mantle emplaced at low spreading rates

Tectonophysics

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 181-191

  Sleep, N H ^a   Barth, G A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower crust; Magma chambers; Mid ocean ridges; Oceanic crust; Partial melting; Sea floor spreading

Indexed keywords

LOWER CRUST; MAGMA CHAMBERS; MANTLE; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEAN CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

EID: 0031422537     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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