Dependence of crustal accretion and ridge-axis topography on spreading rate, mantle temperature, and hydrothermal cooling

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 349, Issue , 2000, Pages 161-179

  Chen, Yongshun John ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MELT MIGRATION; MELT PRODUCTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; RAPID TRANSITIONS; SELF CONSISTENT MODELING; SMALL VARIATIONS; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COOLING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELT INCLUSION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OCEANIC CRUST; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 84871025321     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2349-3.161     Document Type: Article

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