Porosity-driven convection and asymmetry beneath mid-ocean ridges

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Katz, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active flow; convection; magma; mid ocean ridge; plate tectonics; volcanism.

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; MELTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE FLOW; CONVECTION; MAGMA; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE TECTONICS; VOLCANISM.;

TECTONICS;

BUOYANCY; MAGMA; MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE TECTONICS; POROSITY; THERMAL CONVECTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 78649297728     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003282     Document Type: Article

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