E-MORB glasses from the Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean) at 87°N: evidence for the Earth's most northerly volcanic activity

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Mühe, R., Bohrmann, H., Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter, Kassens, Heidemarie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1997
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gakkel Ridge; North Pole
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26921/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26921/1/1997_Muehe-etal-E-MORB_EPSL-152.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(97)00152-0

During the ARCTIC '91 expedition aboard RV Polarstern (ARK VIII/3) to the Central Arctic Ocean, a box corer sample on the Gakkel Ridge at 87 degrees N and 60 degrees E yielded a layer of sand-sized, dark brown volcanic glass shards at the surface of the sediment core. These shards have been inv...