GEOCHEMICAL VARIATIONS IN BASALTS FROM THE SOUTH EAST INDIAN RIDGE

• Main Author: Grady, Alexander
• Other Authors: Barton, Michael
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University 2016
• Subjects: Mid-Ocean Ridge; SEIR; Geochemical Analysis; Australian-Antarctic Discordance; Trace Element; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Indian; Southeast Indian Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/93209

The Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR) runs approximately west to east and separates the Indo-Australian plate from the Antarctic plate. It terminates in the west at the Rodrigues Triple Point and in the east at the Macquarie Triple Junction. The SEIR spreads at a moderate rate (~7.2 cm/ yr, full spreadi...