Modeling seafloor-spreading rates through time

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 485-488

  Demicco, Robert V ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crust production; Genetic algorithms; Global cycles; Ocean floor evolution; Seafloor spreading

Indexed keywords

CRUST PRODUCTION; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY;

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER;

GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SECULAR VARIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 3142766131     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20409.1     Document Type: Article

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