Opposing trends in crustal thickness and spreading rate along the back-arc Eastern Lau Spreading Center: Implications for controls on ridge morphology, faulting, and hydrothermal activity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 655-672

  Martinez, Fernando ^a   Taylor, Brian ^a   Baker, Edward T ^b   Resing, Joseph A ^c   Walker, Sharon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

back arc ridges; crustal accretion variables; faulting; hydrothermal activity; ridge morphology

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LAU BACK-ARC BASIN; RIDGE MORPHOLOGY; SONAR INSTRUMENTS;

BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; SONAR; TECTONICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCRETION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FAULTING; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33646511978     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.049     Document Type: Article

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