Enhanced East Pacific Rise hydrothermal activity during the last two glacial terminations

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Lund, D. C., Asimow, P. D., Farley, K. A., Rooney, T. O., Seeley, E., Jackson, E. W., Durham, Z. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
• Subjects: Fitzgerald; Pacific; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad4296

Mid-ocean ridge magmatism is driven by seafloor spreading and decompression melting of the upper mantle. Melt production is apparently modulated by glacial-interglacial changes in sea level, raising the possibility that magmatic flux acts as a negative feedback on ice-sheet size. The timing of melt...