Origin of the oceanic lithosphere

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-632

  Presnall, Dean C ^a,b,c   Gudfinnsson, Gudmundur H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; GLASS; LHERZOLITE; MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MODELING; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; P-T CONDITIONS; PLAGIOCLASE; SODIUM; SPINEL; VAPORIZATION;

ARCTIC; EAST PACIFIC RISE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GORDA RIDGE; ICELAND; JAN MAYEN; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; NORTHERN EUROPE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 41749104032     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm052     Document Type: Article

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