Geophysical evidence for reduced melt production on the Arctic ultraslow Gakkel mid-ocean ridge

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6943, 2003, Pages 962-965

  Jokat, W ^a   Ritzmann, O ^a   Schmidt Aursch, M C ^a   Drachev, S ^b   Gauger, S ^a   Snow, J ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; VOLCANOES;

MELT GENERATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL THINNING; MAGMA; MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMICITY; SPREADING CENTER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; THICKNESS; VOLCANO;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038112076     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01706     Document Type: Article

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