Crustal accretion and evolution at slow and ultra-slow spreading mid-ocean ridges

• Main Author: Hosford, Allegra
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2001
• Subjects: Earth; Crust; Geophysics; Maurice Ewing (Ship) Cruise EW96-08; Yokosuka (Ship) Cruise; Kairei (Ship) Cruise; Conrad (Ship) Cruise RC2709; Antarctic; Ewing; Indian; Maurice; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1912/3037

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution September 2001 Half of the ocean crust is formed at spreading centers with total opening rates less than 40 km/Myr. Th...