Magmatic and amagmatic seafloor generation at the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel ridge, Arctic Ocean

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6943, 2003, Pages 956-961

  Michael, P J ^a   Langmuir, C H ^b   Dick, H J B ^c   Snow, J E ^d   Goldstein, S L ^e   Graham, D W ^f   Lehnert, K ^e   Kurras, G ^g   Jokat, W ^h   Muhe R ⁱ   Edmonds, H N ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ICE; MELTING; PHOTOMAPPING; VOLCANOES;

MAGMATISM;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

FAULTING; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SPREADING CENTER; VOLCANISM;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANO;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038789063     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01704     Document Type: Article

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