Melt generation, crystallization, and extraction beneath segmented oceanic transform faults

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Gregg, P M ^a,b   Behn, M D ^a   Lin, J ^a   Grove, T L ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; SPREADING CENTER; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 72049093451     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006100     Document Type: Article

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