Comment on “Sensitivity of seafloor bathymetry to climate-driven fluctuations in mid-ocean ridge magma supply”
Author(s) -
Peter Huybers,
C. H. Langmuir,
Richard F. Katz,
David Ferguson,
Cristian Proistosescu,
S. M. Carbotte
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.aae0451
Subject(s) - bathymetry , seafloor spreading , ridge , geology , oceanography , mid ocean ridge , forcing (mathematics) , sea level , climatology , sensitivity (control systems) , environmental science , paleontology , electronic engineering , engineering
Olive et al. (Reports, 16 October 2015, p. 310) argue that order 10% fluctuations in melt supply do not produce appreciable changes in ocean ridge bathymetry on time scales less than 105 years, and thus cannot reflect sea-level forcing. Spectral analysis of bathymetry in a region they highlight as being fault controlled also shows strong evidence for a signal from sea level variation
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