The formation of abyssal serpentinites leads to deep changes of the oceanic lithosphere
rheology and geochemistry, hence playing a key role on geodynamic and geochemical …

This book is dedicated to the study of structure and transport of deep and bottom waters
above and through underwater channels of the Atlantic Ocean. The study is based on recent …

In the few species of birds in which males form display partnerships to attract females, one
male secures most or all of the copulations,. This leads to the question of why subordinate …

Transform faults accommodate the lateral motions between lithospheric plates, producing
large earthquakes. Away from active transform boundaries, former oceanic transform faults …

The existence of different mantle domains exposed in ocean–continent transition zones
provides a framework for understanding the generation of ultramafic seafloor along magma …

Abstract Ophiolite massifs (ie, Lanzo, Voltri, Ligurides, Corsica) of the Alpine–Apennine
system represent lithosphere remnants of the Jurassic Ligurian Tethys oceanic basin, which …

“Non-volcanic” rifted margins exhibit very little evidence of synrift magmatism, even where
the continental crust has been thinned to such an extent that the mantle has been exhumed …

Mid-ocean ridges display tectonic segmentation defined by discontinuities of the axial zone,
and geophysical and geochemical observations suggest segmentation of the underlying …

A 20-Myr record of creation of oceanic lithosphere is exposed along a segment of the central
Mid-Atlantic Ridge on an uplifted sliver of lithosphere. The degree of melting of the mantle …

Results of a field study as well as petrological and geochemical data demonstrate that
substantial portions of the lithospheric mantle, exhumed during opening of the Jurassic …