Primitive layered gabbros from fast-spreading lower oceanic crust
Gillis, K.M.; Snow, J.E.; Klaus, A.; Abe, N.; Adrião, A.B.; Akizawa, N.; Ceuleneer, G.; Cheadle, M.J.; Faak, K.; Falloon, T.J.; Friedman, S.A.; Godard, M.; Guèrin, G.; Harigane, Y.; Horst, A.J. (2014). Primitive layered gabbros from fast-spreading lower oceanic crust. Nature (Lond.) 505(7482 ): 204–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12778
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Gillis, K.M.
- Snow, J.E.
- Klaus, A.
- Abe, N.
- Adrião, A.B.
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- Akizawa, N.
- Ceuleneer, G.
- Cheadle, M.J.
- Faak, K.
- Falloon, T.J.
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- Friedman, S.A.
- Godard, M.
- Guèrin, G.
- Harigane, Y.
- Horst, A.J.
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| Abstract |
Drilling by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program has recovered primitive, modally layered, orthopyroxene-bearing cumulate rocks from the lower plutonic crust formed at a fast-spreading ridge, leading to a better-constrained estimate of the bulk composition of fast-spreading oceanic crust. |
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