A long in situ section of the lower ocean crust: Results of ODP Leg 176 drilling at the Southwest Indian Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-51

  Dick, Henry J B ^a   Natland, James H ^b   Alt, Jeffrey C ^c   Bach, Wolfgang ^c   Bideau, Daniel ^c   Gee, Jeffrey S ^c   Haggas, Sarah ^c   Hertogen, Jan G H ^c   Hirth, Greg ^c   Holm, Paul Martin ^c   Ildefonse, Benoit ^c   Iturrino, Gerardo J ^c   John, Barbara E ^c   Kelley, Deborah S ^c   Kikawa, Eiichi ^c   Kingdon, Andrew ^c   Leroux, Petrus J ^c   Maeda, Jinichiro ^c   Meyer, Peter S ^c   Miller, D Jay ^c   Naslund, H Richard ^c   Niu, Yao Ling ^c   Robinson, Paul T ^c   Snow, Jonathan ^c   Stephen, Ralph A ^c   Trimby, Patrick W ^c   Worm, Horst Ulrich ^c   Yoshinobu, Aaron ^c   more..

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration; Deformation; Gabbros; Leg 176; Lower crust; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GABBRO; LOWER CRUST; MINERALOGY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033933094     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00102-3     Document Type: Article

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