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

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Jokat, W., Ritzmann, O., Schmidt-Aursch, M. C., Drachev, S., Gauger, S., Snow, J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Gakkel Ridge
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/1001; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01706

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