Evidence from three-dimensional seismic reflectivity images for enhanced melt supply beneath mid-ocean -ridge discontinuities

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6796, 2000, Pages 614-618

  Kent, G M ^a   Singh, S C ^b,c,d   Harding, A J ^a   Sinha, M C ^c,e   Orcutt, J A ^a   Barton, P J ^c   White, R S ^c   Bazin, S ^a,d   Hobbs, R W ^b   Tong, C H ^c   Pye, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISCONTINUITY; MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 0034632784     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35020543     Document Type: Article

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