Seismic evidence for large-scale compositional heterogeneity of oceanic core complexes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Canales, J Pablo ^a   Tucholke, Brian E ^a   Xu, Min ^b   Collins, John A ^a   DuBois, David L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment fault; Gabbro; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Oceanic core complex; Seismic structure; Serpentinized peridotite

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749113867     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002009     Document Type: Article

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