Open AccessIs the Lower Crust Convecting Beneath Mid-Ocean Ridges?
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo082623
Subject(s) - geology , crust , oceanic crust , mid ocean ridge , upper crust , seismology , geophysics , subduction , mantle (geology) , tectonics
The first attempt to couple models of hydrothermal circulation and magmatic convection along fast-spreading ridges may explain the spacing of hydrothermal vent fields along the East Pacific Rise.
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