Seismic layer 2A variations in the Lucky Strike segment at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from reflection measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Seher, Tim ^a,b   Crawford, Wayne C ^a   Singh, Satish C ^a   Cannat, Mathilde ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LITHOLOGY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; DIKE; LAVA DOME; MAGMATISM; POROSITY; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LUCKY STRIKE FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 77955182334     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006783     Document Type: Article

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