Hydrothermal circulation and the dike-gabbro transition in the detachment mode of slow seafloor spreading

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 367-370

  McCaig, Andrew M ^a   Harris, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLACK SMOKERS; BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT ZONE; HEAT SOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMATISMS; OCEAN CRUST; OCEANIC CORE-COMPLEXES; QUASI-STEADY STATE; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SLOW-SPREADING RIDGES; SPREADING RATE; THERMAL BOUNDARY;

LEVEES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULTING;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIKE; GABBRO; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; MAGMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861402137     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32789.1     Document Type: Article

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