Evolution of volcanism and faulting in a segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 25 °n

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Cann, Johnson R ^a   Smith, Deborah K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Faulting; Hummocky flows; Mid Atlantic ridge; Smooth textured flows; Tectonic history; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649110517     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000954     Document Type: Article

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