Geophysical and geochemical constraints on crustal accretion at the very-slow spreading Mohns Ridge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1547-1550

  Klingelhöfer, Frauke ^a   Géli, Louis ^a   White, Robert S ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

GREENLAND SEA; MOHNS RIDGE;

BASALT; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASALTIC MAGMA; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; P-WAVE VELOCITY; REFRACTION SEISMICS; SEISMIC STUDIES; SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0034517990     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008398     Document Type: Article

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