Analogue modelling of continental extension: a review focused on the relations between the patterns of deformation and the presence of magma

G Corti, M Bonini, S Conticelli, F Innocenti… - Earth-Science …, 2003 - Elsevier
Continental extension may occur in two main different modes, narrow and wide rifting, which
mainly differ in the width of the deformed region. A third mechanism, the core complex, has …

Life cycle of oceanic core complexes

CJ MacLeod, RC Searle, BJ Murton, JF Casey… - Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
Oceanic core complexes are the uplifted footwalls of very-large-offset low-angle normal
faults that exhume lower crust and mantle rocks onto the seafloor at slow-spreading ridges …

[HTML][HTML] On the global distribution of hydrothermal vent fields

ET Baker, CR German - Mid-Ocean Ridges: Hydrothermal …, 2004 - pmel.noaa.gov
The" magmatic budget hypothesis" proposes that variability in magma supply is the primary
control on the large-scale hydrothermal distribution pattern along oceanic spreading ridges …

Reykjanes Ridge evolution: Effects of plate kinematics, small-scale upper mantle convection and a regional mantle gradient

F Martinez, R Hey, Á Höskuldsson - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Reykjanes Ridge is a key setting to study plate boundary processes overlaid
on a regional mantle melting anomaly. The ridge originated as one arm of a ridge-ridge …

The Southwest Indian Ridge between 49 15′ E and 57 E: Focused accretion and magma redistribution

D Sauter, P Patriat, C Rommevaux-Jestin… - Earth and Planetary …, 2001 - Elsevier
Bathymetric, gravity, magnetic and backscattering strength data have been used to
characterise the segmentation of an 800 km long portion of the ultraslow-spreading …

Electrical resistivity structure of the Valu Fa Ridge, Lau Basin, from marine controlled‐source electromagnetic sounding

L MacGregor, M Sinha… - Geophysical Journal …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
In December 1995 we carried out a comprehensive controlled‐source electromagnetic
survey of the Valu Fa Ridge at 22° 25′ S in the Lau Basin. The Valu Fa Ridge is a back‐arc …

The Reykjanes Ridge: structure and tectonics of a hot-spot-influenced, slow-spreading ridge, from multibeam bathymetry, gravity and magnetic investigations

RC Searle, JA Keeton, RB Owens, RS White… - Earth and Planetary …, 1998 - Elsevier
We report a comprehensive morphological, gravity and magnetic survey of the oblique-and
slow-spreading Reykjanes Ridge near the Iceland mantle plume. The survey extends from …

Morphology of Europan bands at high resolution: A mid‐ocean ridge‐type rift mechanism

LM Prockter, JW Head III… - Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
We utilize imaging data from the Galileo spacecraft to investigate band formation on one of
Jupiter's moons, Europa. Bands are polygonal features first observed in Voyager data close …

Magmatic processes at slow spreading ridges: Implications of the RAMESSES experiment at 57 45′ N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

MC Sinha, SC Constable, C Peirce… - Geophysical Journal …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
This paper is the first in a series of three (this issue) which present the results of the
RAMESSES study (Reykjanes Axial Melt Experiment: Structural Synthesis from …

Plume–ridge interaction: a geochemical perspective from the Reykjanes Ridge

BJ Murton, RN Taylor, MF Thirlwall - Journal of Petrology, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Plume–ridge interaction in the Reykjanes Ridge and Iceland region is graphically
demonstrated by several V-shaped ridges surrounding the spreading axis, indicating mantle …