Cooling history of atlantis bank oceanic core complex: Evidence for hydrothermal activity 2.6 Ma off axis

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Schwartz, Joshua J ^a,b   John, Barbara E ^a   Cheadle, Michael J ^a   Reiners, Peter W ^c   Baines, A Graham ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core complex; Geochronology; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350114699     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002466     Document Type: Article

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