Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 304 preliminary report oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif oceanic core complex formation, Atlantis Massif, mid-atlantic ridge: Drilling into the footwall and hanging wall of a tectonic exposure of deep, young oceanic lithosphere to study deformation, alteration, and melt generation

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

Volumn , Issue 304, 2005, Pages 1-63

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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE LOGGING; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIKE; FAULT ZONE; FOOTWALL; GABBRO; HANGING WALL; MINERAL ALTERATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OLIVINE; SERPENTINIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIS MASSIF; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

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