Influence of enhanced melt supply on upper crustal structure at a mid-ocean ridge discontinuity: A three-dimensional seismic tomographic study of 9°N East Pacific Rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Tong, C H ^a   Barton, P J ^a   White, R S ^a   Sinha, M C ^a   Singh, S C ^a   Pye, J W ^a   Hobbs, R W ^a   Bazin, S ^b   Harding, A J ^b   Kent, G M ^b   Orcutt, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Magma supply; Oceanic crust; Overlapping spreading center; Ridge propagation; Ridge segmentation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPREADING CENTER; SUBMARINE RIDGE; UPPER CRUST;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1442291160     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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