Seismic structure and crustal magmatism at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 35°N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 17827-17844

  Barclay, Andrew H ^a   Toomey, Douglas R ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0032504718     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01275     Document Type: Article

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