Protracted construction of gabbroic crust at a slow spreading ridge: Constraints from 206Pb/238U zircon ages from Atlantis Massif and IODP Hole U1309D (30°N, MAR)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Grimes, Craig B ^a   John, Barbara E ^a   Cheadle, Michael J ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment faulting; Integrated ocean drilling program; Oceanic core complex; Site U1309; Slow spreading ridge; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749111219     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002063     Document Type: Article

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