Sensitivity of seafloor bathymetry to climate-driven fluctuations in mid-ocean ridge magma supply-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Sensitivity of seafloor bathymetry to climate-driven fluctuations in mid-ocean ridge magma supply

Published:2015-10-16 Issue:6258 Volume:350 Page:310-313
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Olive J.-A.¹,Behn M. D.²,Ito G.³,Buck W. R.¹,Escartín J.⁴,Howell S.³

Affiliation:

1. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades NY, USA.

2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole MA, USA.

3. University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI, USA.

4. CNRS, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France.

Abstract

Understanding abyssal hill spacing The most prominent topographic features on Earth are abyssal hills found on the bottom of the ocean floor. Olive et al. wanted to understand the spacing and size of these hills. They used a model that combines magma supply and the mechanical response of the crust. The model explains observations of hill spacing around mid-ocean ridges. Crustal topography appears to be a poor recorder of changes in magma supply. However, magma supply changes may be faithfully recorded at the base of the crust. Science , this issue p. 310

Funder

NSF

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

CNRS

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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