Abrupt transition from magma-starved to magma-rich rifting in the eastern Black Sea

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-10

  Shillington, Donna J ^a,c   Scott, Caroline L ^a   Minshull, Timothy A ^a   Edwards, Rosemary A ^a   Brown, Peter J ^a   White, Nicky ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-TRANSFORM; ABRUPT TRANSITION; ACTIVE RIFTS; BLACK SEA; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DIRECT OBSERVATION; MAGMATISMS; MELT MIGRATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SEISMIC DATAS; SMOOTH TRANSITIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; TRANSFORM FAULT;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 67749146928     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25302A.1     Document Type: Article

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