Asymmetric accretion along the slow-spreading Mariana Ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Deschamps, Anne ^a,b   Fujiwara, Toshiya ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Mid ocean ridge processes; Seafloor structures; Spreading; Tectonic

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749108297     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000537     Document Type: Article

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