Segmentation and cycles of crustal accretion at mid-ocean ridges : a study of the Reykjanes Ridge

Early studies of mid-ocean ridges suggest a fundamental difference between crustal accretionary processes at slow- and fast-spreading ridges. Accretion, and the supply of melt to the crust itself, is thought to be highly episodic at slow-spreading ridges but steady-state at fast-spreading ridges. Ho...

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Main Author: Gardiner, Alexander B.
Published: Durham University 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275654