Evidence and implications of crustal magmatism on the flanks of the East Pacific Rise

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Troy Durant, D ^a   Toomey, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; mid ocean ridge; oceanic crust; off axis magmatism; waveform modeling

Indexed keywords

EAST PACIFIC RISE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; OFF-AXIS MAGMATISM; WAVEFORM MODELING;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY;

WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MODELING; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SPREADING CENTER; UPWELLING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 70349378861     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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