Variations in the distribution of magma in the lower crust and at the Moho beneath the East Pacific Rise at 9°-10°N

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-130

  Crawford, Wayne C ^a   Webb, Spahr C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Deformation velocity; East Pacific Rise; Lower crust; Melts; Mid ocean ridges; Shear modulus

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA; MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MOHO; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037107928     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00831-2     Document Type: Article

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