Open AccessGeological Processes at Mid‐Ocean Ridge Crests
Author(s) -
Cann J. R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1968.tb00189.x
Subject(s) - geology , ridge , mid ocean ridge , mantle (geology) , oceanography , pacific ocean , paleontology , seabed , seismology , geophysics , climatology
Summary A simple model of mid‐ocean ridge structure is developed from the hypothesis of ocean floor spreading using the most recent published information. This model accounts for the differences between the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge and the East Pacific Rise in a way consistent with the known features of other parts of the ridge system, and leads to conclusions about the form of the uprising currents in the mantle and the constitution of layer 3.