High sensitivity of ocean ridge thermal structure to changes in magma supply: The Galápagos Spreading Center

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 263-273

  Chen, Yongshun John ^a   Lin, Jian ^b  

^a Center for Tibetan Plateau Research   (China)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal thermal structure; Depth of magma lens; Gal pagos; Hotspot ridge interaction; Hydrothermal cooling; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SPREADING CENTER; SUBMARINE RIDGE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2342418514     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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