Thermodynamics of lateral dike propagation: Implications for crustal accretion at slow spreading mid-ocean ridges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 2501-2514

  Fialko, Yuri A ^a   Rubin, Allan M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DYKE EMPLACEMENT; MAGMATISM; MID OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE MARGIN; TECTONIC;

EID: 0031853005     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03105     Document Type: Article

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