Formation of the lower ocean crust and the crystallization of gabbroic cumulates at a very slowly spreading ridge

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 191-233

  Natland, James H ^a   Dick, Henry J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulates; Gabbros; Ocean crust; Petrology; Southwest Indian Ridge

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; DRILLING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

OCEAN CRUSTS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CUMULATE; GABBRO; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; SPREADING CENTER; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0035493281     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(01)00211-6     Document Type: Article

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