Steady-state creation of crust-free lithosphere at cold spots in mid-ocean ridges

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 979-982

  Bonatti, Enrico ^a   Brunelli, Daniele ^a   Fabretti, Paola ^a   Ligi, Marco ^a   Portaro, Rosana Asunta ^a   Seyler, Monique ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mantle cold spots; Mantle flow numerical model; Mid ocean ridges; Oceanic lithosphere

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE;

BASALT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY;

MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84879880724     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0979:SSCOCF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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