From slow to ultra-slow: How does spreading rate affect seafloor roughness and crustal thickness?

2011/09/13 by Daniel Sauter, Heather Sloan, Mathilde Cannat +4 · 36 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Psychology · #Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques #Seismic Waves and Analysis #Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods #Globe #Boulevard #Seafloor spreading #Humanities #Geology #Art history #History #Cartography #Archaeology #Art #Geography #Oceanography #Psychology

paper · doi:10.1130/g32028.1

published in Geology 39(10), 911-914 (Geological Society of America)

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• Evolution of the Southwest Indian Ridge from 55°45′E to 62°E: Changes in plate‐boundary geometry since 26 Ma
• Modes of seafloor generation at a melt-poor ultraslow-spreading ridge
• An ultraslow-spreading class of ocean ridge
• 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
• Propagation of a melting anomaly along the ultraslow Southwest Indian Ridge between 46°E and 52°20′E: interaction with the Crozet hotspot?

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• Magnetic signature of large exhumed mantle domains of the Southwest Indian Ridge – results from a deep-tow geophysical survey over 0 to 11 Ma old seafloor
• Southwest Indian Ridge [wikipedia]