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Mantle and lower crust exposed in oceanic ridges and in ophiolites : contributions to a specialized symposium of the VII [as printed] EUG Meeting, Strasbourg, spring 1993 /

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The processes involved in accretion taking place at oceanic ridges are approached here via petrological and structural analysis of oceanic rocks in present-day oceanic ridges, combined with similar studies based on ophiolites, and includes present cases of slow and fast oceanic spreading and inferre...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service), European Union of Geosciences. Meeting
Other Authors: Nicolas, A. (Adolphe), 1936-, Vissers, Reinoud Leonard Maria
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1995]
Series:Petrology and structural geology ; v. 6.
Subjects:
Sea-floor spreading > Congresses.
Ophiolites > Congresses.
Earth (Planet) > Mantle > Congresses.
Ophiolites > Congrès.
Fonds marins > Expansion > Congrès.
Terre > Manteau > Congrès.
Mantle of the Earth.
Ophiolites.
Sea-floor spreading.
Tectonics
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The processes involved in accretion taking place at oceanic ridges are approached here via petrological and structural analysis of oceanic rocks in present-day oceanic ridges, combined with similar studies based on ophiolites, and includes present cases of slow and fast oceanic spreading and inferred analogues in ophiolites. A complementary model study of cyclic oceanic activity reconciles the extreme cases of slowly and rapidly spreading ridges. In essence, based as it is on the analysis of `real rocks', this book on mantle-crust interactions reinforces the well-known contrast between processes taking place at slow and fast oceanic ridges. Audience: Contains valuable information for scientists interested in the nature and generation of the ocean floor in present-day oceanic ridges and in their ophiolite counterparts.
Item Description:"This volumes follows a specialized symposium on 'mantel denudation in slow spreading ridges and in ophiolites, ' held at the XII EUG Meeting in Strasbourg, spring 1993"--Introduction.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789401585859 (electronic bk.)
9401585857 (electronic bk.)