Mid-ocean-ridge seismicity reveals extreme types of ocean lithosphere

Vera Schlindwein () and Florian Schmid
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Vera Schlindwein: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Florian Schmid: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

Nature, 2016, vol. 535, issue 7611, 276-279

Abstract: The structure and accretion modes of two end-member types of oceanic lithosphere are described using a detailed seismicity survey along 390 kilometres of an ultraslow ridge axis, indicating deeper seismicity in amagmatic regions and explaining the uneven crustal production at ultraslow-spreading ridges.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nature18277

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