Channelized lava flows at the East Pacific Rise crest 9°-10°N: The importance of off-axis lava transport in developing the architecture of young oceanic crust

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Soule, S A ^a   Fornari, D J ^a   Perfit, M R ^b   Tivey, M A ^a   Ridley, W I ^c   Schouten, H ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Channels; Lava; Lava morphology; Ridge crest; Submarine

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449182779     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000912     Document Type: Article

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