An ultraslow-spreading class of ocean ridge

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6965, 2003, Pages 405-412

  Dick, Henry J B ^a   Lin, Jian ^a   Schouten, Hans ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

MANTLE; OCEAN RIDGES; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; INDIAN OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

ARCTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0344201913     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02128     Document Type: Article

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