Periodic formation of magma fractures and generation of layered gabbros in the lower crust beneath oceanic spreading ridges

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 106, Issue , 1998, Pages 267-289

  Kelemen, Peter B ^a   Aharonov, Einat ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 79960885285     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM106p0267     Document Type: Chapter

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