Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges -

Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges

Buch | Hardcover
348 Seiten
1998
American Geophysical Union (Verlag)
978-0-87590-089-6 (ISBN)
75,95 inkl. MwSt
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 106.

Seafloor spreading at mid-ocean ridges was recognized more than 30 years ago as the key which unlocked the plate tectonic revolution. Ridges are not only the locus of the most voluminous magmatic activity on Earth, but they are also the largest and most active extensional tectonic regime on the planet. The abyssal hills of the seafloor, formed at mid-ocean ridges, are the most widespread morphologic features on the planet. Beneath these ridges, oceanic lithosphere forms nearly 60% of the volume of the Earth's rigid outer shell. As impressive as this may be, it is worth recalling that similar volumes have been created repeatedly in the cycle of spreading and subduction of oceanic tracts that characterizes plate tectonics.

W. Roger Buck and Paul T. Delaney are the authors of Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges, published by Wiley.

Preface
W. Roger Buck, P aul T . Delaney,  Jeffrey A . Karson, Yves Lagabrielle vii

Global Systematics of Mid-Ocean Ridge Morphology
Christopher Small  1

Linkages Between Faulting, Vlcanism, Hydrothermal Activity and Segmentation on Fast Spreading Centers
Ken C. Macdonald  27

Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges: Constraints from Volcanological  and Geochemical Investigations
Michael R. Perfit and William W. Chadwick, Jr  59

Geological Consequences of Dike Intrusion at Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading Centers
Daniel Curewitz and Jeffrey A. Karson  117

Formation and Development of Fissures at the East Pacific Rise: Implications for Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges
Dawn J. Wright  137

Ultramafic-Mafic Plutonic Rock Suites  Exposed Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (100N-300N)
Symmetrical-Asymmetrical Distribution and Implications for Seafloor  Spreading  Processes
Yves L'agabrielle, Daniel Bideau, Mathilde Cannat, Jeffrey A. Karson, and Catherin Mevel  153

Internal Structure of Oceanic Lithosphere: A Perspective  from Tectonic Windows
Jeffrey A . Karson  177

Structure of Modern Oceanic Crust and Ophiolites and Implications for Faulting and Magmatism at
Oceanic Spreading Centers
Yildirim Dilek, Eldridge M. Moores, and Harald Furnes 219

Periodic Formation of Magma Fractures and Generation of Layered Gabbros in the Lower Crust Beneath
Oceanic Spreading Ridges
Peter B. Kelemen and Einat Aharanov  267

The Rheology of the Lower Oceanic Crust: Implications  for Lithospheric  Deformation at Mid-Ocean Ridges
Greg Hirth, Javier Escartin and Jian Lin  291

Mechanics of Stretching Elastic-Plastic-Vicous Layers: Applications to Slow-Spreading Mid-Ocean Ridges
Alexei N. B. Poliakov and W. Roger Buck  305

Normal Fault Growth in Three Dimensions in Continental and Oceanic Crust
Patience A. Cowie  325

Reihe/Serie Geophysical Monograph Series
Sprache englisch
Maße 224 x 274 mm
Gewicht 1007 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geophysik
ISBN-10 0-87590-089-5 / 0875900895
ISBN-13 978-0-87590-089-6 / 9780875900896
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