Hydrothermal cooling of the ocean crust: Insights from ODP Hole 1256D
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.01.010
Abstract: The formation of new ocean crust at mid-ocean ridges is a fundamental component of the plate tectonic cycle and involves substantial transfer of heat and mass from the mantle. Hydrothermal circulation at mid-ocean ridges is… read more here.
Keywords: crust; fluid; odp hole; hole 1256d ... See more keywords
Microbes Discovered Hanging Out in the Ocean’s Crust
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DOI: 10.1029/2020eo141411
Abstract: “The lower ocean crust is one of the last frontiers of the exploration for life on Earth.” read more here.
Keywords: hanging ocean; microbes discovered; ocean crust; discovered hanging ... See more keywords
Three-dimensional magnetic stripes require slow cooling in fast-spread lower ocean crust.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03831-6
Abstract: Earth's magnetic field is recorded as oceanic crust cools, generating lineated magnetic anomalies that provide the pattern of polarity reversals for the past 160 million years1. In the lower (gabbroic) crust, polarity interval boundaries are… read more here.
Keywords: fast spread; crust; polarity; slow cooling ... See more keywords