Mantle composition controls the development of an Oceanic Core Complex
The thickness and continuity of oceanic crust is variable. Slow-spreading ridge segments often contain areas of 'amagmatic' or tectonic extension, exposing areas of lower-crust and upper-mantle, and having little or no recent volcanism. These are interspersed with areas of 'normal...
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2013-04.
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