Mantle compositional control on the extent of mantle melting, crust production, gravity anomaly, ridge morphology, and ridge segmentation: A case study at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge 33-35°N

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 383-399

  Niu, Yaoling ^a,b   Bideau, Daniel ^c   Hékinian, Roger ^c   Batiza, Rodey ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crust; Gravity anomalies; Mantle; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Mid Ocean ridge basalts; Ocean floor; Ridge segmentation

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY ANOMALY; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; SEGMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0035003442     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00255-2     Document Type: Article

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