Constraints on melt in the lower crust and Moho at the East Pacific Rise, 9°48′N, using seafloor compliance measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B2, 1999, Pages 2923-2939

  Crawford, Wayne C ^a,b   Webb, Spahr C ^a,b   Hildebrand, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MOHO;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033540673     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900087     Document Type: Article

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