Melt extraction pathways at segmented oceanic ridges: Application to the East Pacific Rise at the Siqueiros transform

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hebert, Laura B ^a   Montési, Laurent G J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D MODELS; CONDUCTIVE COOLING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EAST PACIFIC RISE; LOW PERMEABILITY; MELT EXTRACTION; MELT MIGRATION; MELT PRODUCTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC TRANSFORM; PLATE BOUNDARIES; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ACCRETION; COOLING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DIKE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MELT INCLUSION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PERMEABILITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SLIP; SPREADING CENTER; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79959483681     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047206     Document Type: Article

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