Ocean crust formation processes at very slow spreading centers: A model for the Mohns Ridge, near 72°N, based on magnetic, gravity, and seismic data

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Géli, Louis, Renard, Vincent, Rommevaux, Céline
• Other Authors: Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP (UMR_7154)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 1994
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; Charcot; Greenland; Greenland Sea
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01928126; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01928126/document; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01928126/file/93JB02966%254010.1002%252F%2528ISSN%25292169-9356.OCRUST1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/93jb02966

International audience The Mohns Ridge, in the Norwegian Greenland Sea, is one of the slowest spreading centers of the mid-ocean ridge system (8 mm/yr half rate). Sea Beam data acquired with R/V Jean Charcot near 72øN show that its rift valley floor is characterizexl by en 6chelon volcanic ridges, o...