Chemical variation trends at fast and slow spreading mid-ocean ridges
(1993)
Journal Article
Niu, Y., & Batiza, R. (1993). Chemical variation trends at fast and slow spreading mid-ocean ridges. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98(B5), 7887-7902. https://doi.org/10.1029/93jb00149
We examined an expanded global data set of mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) major element analyses. In agreement with previous results, we show that slow spreading ridges tend to have more primitive (high Mg/Fe) lavas than fast spreading ridges. Fractio... Read More about Chemical variation trends at fast and slow spreading mid-ocean ridges.