Variation of cooling rate with depth in lower crust formed at an oceanic spreading ridge: Plagioclase crystal size distributions in gabbros from the Oman ophiolite

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2001, Pages

  Garrido, Carlos J ^a,b   Kelemen, Peter B ^a   Hirth, Greg ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mid ocean ridges; oceanic crust accretion; oceanic gabbros; Oman ophiolite; plagioclase crystal size distribution

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT TRANSFER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC GABBROS; OMAN OPHIOLITE; PLAGIOCLASE CRYSTALS;

COOLING;

EID: 84952917018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000136     Document Type: Article

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