Elastic thickness control of lateral dyke intrusion at mid-ocean ridges

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-95

  Grandin, Raphaël ^a   Socquet, Anne ^b   Doubre, Cécile ^c   Jacques, Eric ^d   C P King, Geoffrey ^d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UMR 7063   (France)

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

Author keywords

Dyke intrusion; Mechanics of the lithosphere; Mid ocean ridge

Indexed keywords

DYKE INTRUSION; ELASTIC RESISTANCE; ELASTIC THICKNESS; ETHIOPIA; MAGMA SOURCES; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SECOND ORDERS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE;

GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

DIKE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; GEODESY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84856034062     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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