Oblique nonvolcanic seafloor spreading in Lena Trough, Arctic Ocean

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Snow, Jonathan E ^a,b   Hellebrand, Eric ^b,c   Von Der Handt, Anette ^b,d   Nauret, Francois ^b,e   Gao, Yongjun ^a,b   Schenke, Hans Werner ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

continental rift; mantle exposure; mid ocean ridge; seafloor spreading

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; TECTONICS;

ALKALI BASALT; ARCTIC OCEAN; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL RIFT; CRUST FORMATIONS; EURASIAN PLATES; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE EXPOSURE; MANTLE SLABS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; NORMAL FAULTS; NORTH AMERICAN; OCEAN BASINS; RIFT SYSTEMS; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SHARP TRANSITION; SINGLE LOCATION; STAIR-STEP; ULTRA-SLOW SPREADING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LITHOLOGY; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OUTCROP; PLAGIOCLASE; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; VOLCANISM;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LENA TROUGH;

EID: 80055023955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003768     Document Type: Article

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