Mantle segmentation along the Oman ophiolite fossil mid-ocean ridge

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7014, 2004, Pages 167-172

  Le Mée, Laurent ^a   Girardeau, Jacques ^a   Monnier, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURAL RESOURCES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE SEGMENTATION; PHASE CHEMISTRY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

MANTLE PROCESS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OPHIOLITE; SEGMENTATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; FOSSIL; GEOMETRY; MANTLE SEGMENTATION; MODEL; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OMAN; PETROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 9144251808     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03075     Document Type: Article

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