Temporal variations of the segmentation of slow to intermediate spreading mid-ocean ridges 2. A three-dimensional model in terms of lithosphere accretion and convection within the partially molten mantle beneath the ridge axis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Rabinowicz, Michel ^a   Briais, Anne ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Gravity lineations; Mantle convection; Mantle melting; Mid ocean ridge; Oceanic crust; Ridge segmentation

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEGMENTATION; SPREADING CENTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0037054701     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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