Mid-Ocean Ridges
Subtitle: Dynamics of Processes Associated with the Creation of New Oceanic Crust
Contributors: J. R. Cann (Editor); H. Elderfield (Editor); A. S. Laughton (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780521585224
Subjects: Geology & the lithosphere; Oceanography (seas); Submarine Geology; Earth Sciences - Geology; Dynamic Geology (General); Science; Nature/Ecology; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Mid-ocean ridges--Congresses; Science / Earth Sciences; Congresses; Crust; Earth; Mid-ocean ridges
First sentence: Seismic energy propagating through the mantle beneath an oceanic spreading centre develops a signature due both to the subaxial deformation field and to the presence of melt in the upwelling zone.