Ultraslow spreading and volcanism at the eastern end of Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Jokat, Wilfried, O'Connor, John, Hauff, Folkmar, Koppers, Anthony A.P., Miggins, Dan P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gakkel Ridge; Laptev Sea; laptev
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48349/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48349/7/Jokat_et_al-2019-Geochemistry,_Geophysics,_Geosystems.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008297

Ultraslow spreading ridges are poorly understood plate boundaries consisting of magmatic and amagmatic segments that expose mostly mantle peridotite and only traces of basalt and gabbro. The slowest part of the global spreading system is represented by the eastern Gakkel Ridge in the Central Arctic...