Mantle source composition beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge : controls on the development of E-MORB segments and oceanic core complexes

The thickness and continuity of volcanic cover at slow-spreading ridges is variable. Magmatically ‘robust’ regions are interspersed with areas which experience little volcanism. Near the Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zone (FTFZ), (MAR), volcanism appears exceptionally limited. Here, spreading at numerous...

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Main Author: Wilson, Samantha Clare
Other Authors: Murton, Bramley ; Taylor, Rex ; Teagle, Damon
Published: University of Southampton 2010
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548281