Temporal variation of oceanic spreading and crustal production rates during the last 180 My

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 427-439

  Cogné, Jean Pascal ^a   Humler, Eric ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Cretaceous; Magmatic flux; Mantle temperature; Ridge length; Sea level; Seafloor spreading rate

Indexed keywords

ISOCHRON MAPS; MANTLE TEMPERATURE VARIATION; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITION; MANGANESE NODULES; SEISMOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CENOZOIC; MESOZOIC; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 7044245883     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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