Geophysical evidence for reduced melt production on the Arctic ultra-slow Gakkel mid-ocean ridge

• Main Authors: Jokat, Wilfried, Ritzmann, O., Schmidt-Aursch, Mechita C., Drachev, S., Gauger, S., Snow, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Gakkel Ridge
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/8601/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.19127

Most models of melt generation beneath mid-ocean ridges predict significant reduction of melt production at ultraslow spreading rates (full spreading rates <20mm/yr) and consequently they predict thinned oceanic crust. The 1,800-km-long Arctic Gakkel mid-ocean ridge is an ideal location to test s...