Evolution of the accretion processes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores since 5.5 Ma: An insight into the interactions between the ridge and the plume

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Maia, Marcia ^a   Goslin, Jean ^a   Gente, Pascal ^a  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

Azores; Hot spots; Mid oceanic ridges; Ridge segmentation; Ridge hot spot interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749117988     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001318     Document Type: Article

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