Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 30N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Blackman, D K ^a   Ildefonse, B ^b   John, B E ^c   Ohara, Y ^d   Miller, D J ^e   Abe, N ^f   Abratis, M ^g   Andal, E S ^h   Andreani, M ⁱ   Awaji, S ^j   Beard, J S ^k   Brunelli, D ^l   Charney, A B ^m   Christie, D M ⁿ   Collins, J ^o   Delacour, A G ^p   Delius, H ^q   Drouin, M ^r   Einaudi, F ^b   Escartin J ^s   Frost, B R ^c   Fruh Green G ^t   Fryer, P B ^u   Gee, J S ^a   Godard, M ^b   Grimes, C B ^v   Halfpenny, A ^w   Hansen, H E ^x   Harris, A C ^y   Tamura, A ^z   Hayman, N W ^aa   Hellebrand, E ^u   Hirose, T ^f   Hirth, J G ^ab   Ishimaru, S ^z   Johnson, K T M ^u   Karner, G D ^ac   Linek, M ^ad   MacLeod, C J ^ae   Maeda, J ^af   Mason, O U ^ag   McCaig, A M ^ah   Michibayashi, K ^ai   Morris, A ^aj   Nakagawa, T ^ak   Nozaka, T ^al   Rosner, M ^am   Searle, R C ^an   Suhr, G ^ao   Tominaga, M ^o   Von Der Handt, A ^ap   Yamasaki, T ^af   Zhao, X ^aq   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d JAPAN COAST GUARD   (Japan)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^h Philex Mining Corporation   (Philippines)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^k VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^m OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^o WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

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

^t ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^v MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^x UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^y NORWICH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^ab BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^ad BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^ae CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^af HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ag LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^ai SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^ak NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^al OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^am GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^an DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DEFORMATION; DRILLING; FAULT; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PETROLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIS MASSIF; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 79960477312     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007931     Document Type: Article

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