Assessing the conditions of continental breakup at magma-poor rifted margins: What can we learn from slow spreading mid-ocean ridges?

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 406-427

  Cannat, Mathilde ^a   Manatschal, Gianreto ^b   Sauter, Daniel ^b   Péron Pinvidic, Gwenn ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b France and Karlsruher Institut für Technologie   (France)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Hydrothermalism; Magmatism; Mid ocean ridges; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PROCESS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; RIFT ZONE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 65849126064     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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