Ridge migration, asthenospheric flow and the origin of magmatic segmentation in the global mid-ocean ridge system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Katz, Richard F ^a   Spiegelman, Marc ^a   Carbotte, Suzanne M ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING;

ASTHENOSPHERIC FLOW; MAGMATIC SEGMENTATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE (MOR) BATHYMETRY; RIDGE MIGRATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MIGRATION; MODEL; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEGMENTATION;

EID: 7044231635     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020388     Document Type: Article

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