Cooling rates and the depth of detachment faulting at oceanic core complexes: Evidence from zircon Pb/U and (U-Th)/He ages

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Grimes, Craig B ^a   Cheadle, Michael J ^b   John, Barbara E ^b   Reiners, Peter W ^c   Wooden, Joseph L ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mid Atlantic Ridge; Ocean Drilling Program; oceanic core complex; oceanic detachment fault; thermochronometry; zircon

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ISOTHERMS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CORE-COMPLEXES; OCEANIC DETACHMENT FAULT; THERMOCHRONOMETRY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

COOLING; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULTING; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 79952771095     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003391     Document Type: Article

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