Why meter-wide dikes at oceanic spreading centers?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 466-474

  Qin, Ran ^a   Buck, W Roger ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

dike; dike episode; magma chamber; magma supply; mid ocean ridges; width

Indexed keywords

DIKE EPISODE; DIKE INTRUSION; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; MID-OCEAN RIDGES;

LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

LEVEES;

DIKE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPHIOLITE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER; STRESS;

ANDERSONIA;

EID: 38049015909     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.044     Document Type: Article

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