The influence of ridge migration on the magmatic segmentation of mild-ocean ridges

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6993, 2004, Pages 743-746

  Carbotte, S M ^a   Small, C ^a   Donnelly, K ^a  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); MORPHOLOGY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

RIDGE MIGRATIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HOT SPOT; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MORPHOLOGY; SEGMENTATION; SPREADING CENTER; TRANSFORM FAULT; VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MOTION; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VOLCANO;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 3042685139     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02652     Document Type: Article

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