Contrasting volcanic-tectonic processes during the past 2 Ma on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Submersible mapping, petrological and magnetic results at lat. 34°52' N and 33°55' N

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 425-458

  Bideau, Daniel ^a   Hékinian, Roger ^a   Sichler, Bertrand ^a   Gràcia, Eulàlia ^b,e   Bollinger, Claire ^a   Constantin, Marc ^c   Guivel, Christelle ^d  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basalts; Magnetic anomalies; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Ocean crust; Peridotites; Volcanic ejecta

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0032470886     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004760111160     Document Type: Article

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