Protracted timescales of lower crustal growth at the fast-spreading East Pacific Rise
The formation of oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges is a fundamental component of plate tectonics. A large fraction of the new crust is created when magmas in the lower crust cool to form gabbroic rocks. The duration of magmatism during formation of the new gabbroic crust is expected to vary with pla...
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Nature Publishing Group
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85184 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9722-469X |