Segmentation and melt supply at the Southwest Indian Ridge

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 867-870

  Muller, Mark R ^a   Minshull, Timothy A ^a,b   White, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

BASALTIC MELTS; CONDUCTIVE HEAT; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE; SPREADING RATE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEGMENTATION; SPREADING CENTER;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0033403590     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0867:SAMSAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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