Crustal magma plumbing within a segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 35°N

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 55-67

  Magde, Laura S ^a   Barclay, Andrew H ^a,b   Toomey, Douglas R ^a   Detrick, Robert S ^b   Collins, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Magmatism; Mid ocean ridges; Oceanic crust; Seismic methods; Tomography

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034731847     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00281-2     Document Type: Article

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