An ultraslow-spreading class of ocean ridge

2003/11/01 by Henry J. B. Dick, H. J. Dick, Jian Lin +1 · 8 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Accretionary wedge #Geological Studies and Exploration #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Magnetic anomaly #Mantle (geology) #Mid-ocean ridge #Oceanic crust #Paleontology #Plate tectonics #Ridge #Ridge push #Seafloor spreading #Seismology #Subduction #Tectonics #Transform fault

paper · doi:10.1038/nature02128

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Citations

• The Rift in the Ocean Floor
• Crustal Thickness on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Bull's-Eye Gravity Anomalies and Focused Accretion
• Evidence from gravity anomalies for interactions of the Marion and Bouvet hotspots with the Southwest Indian Ridge: effects of transform offsets
• Melt Generation at Very Slow-Spreading Oceanic Ridges: Constraints from Geochemical and Geophysical Data
• Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions
• Current plate motions

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• MORB generation beneath the ultraslow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (9–25°E): Major element chemistry and the importance of process versus source
• Tectonic interpretation of the Andrew Bain transform fault: Southwest Indian Ocean
• Evolution of the Southwest Indian Ridge from 55°45′E to 62°E: Changes in plate‐boundary geometry since 26 Ma
• Jurassic zircons from the Southwest Indian Ridge
• Propagation of a melting anomaly along the ultraslow Southwest Indian Ridge between 46°E and 52°20′E: interaction with the Crozet hotspot?
• From slow to ultra-slow: How does spreading rate affect seafloor roughness and crustal thickness?
• Southwest Indian Ridge [wikipedia]