Seismological constraints on the thermal structure along the Lucky Strike segment (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and interaction of tectonic and magmatic processes around the magma chamber

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-120

  Dusunur, D ^a,b   Escartin J ^a   Combier, V ^a   Seher, T ^a   Crawford, W ^a   Cannat, M ^a   Singh, S C ^a   Matias, L M ^c   Miranda, J M ^c  

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

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Axial magma chamber; Lucky Strike segment; Microearthquakes; Mid Atlantic Ridge

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); EDGE DETECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

LUCKY STRIKES; MAGMA CHAMBER; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; SLOW-SPREADING RIDGES;

SEISMOLOGY;

FAULTING; MAGMA CHAMBER; MICROEARTHQUAKE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LUCKY STRIKE FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 69849112057     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-009-9071-3     Document Type: Article

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