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A new view of the mid-ocean ridge from the behaviour of ridge-axis discontinuities

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Published1988
Citations462
References34

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1965 • 1,296 citations

Multi-channel seismic imaging of a crustal magma chamber along the East Pacific Rise

1987 • 744 citations

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1986 • 399 citations

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1984 • 359 citations

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1982 • 314 citations

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1984 • 275 citations

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1985 • 265 citations

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1984 • 240 citations

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1983 • 214 citations

Petrologic consequences of rift propagation on oceanic spreading ridges

1983 • 211 citations

The axial summit graben and cross-sectional shape of the East Pacific Rise as indicators of axial magma chambers and recent volcanic eruptions

1988 • 187 citations

Causes and rate‐limiting mechanisms of ridge propagation: A fracture mechanics model

1985 • 166 citations

Overlapping rift zones at the 5.5°S offset of the East Pacific Rise

1983 • 160 citations

The spacing of rift axis highs: dependence upon diapiric processes in the underlying asthenosphere?

1985 • 160 citations

Sea Beam/Deep‐Tow Investigation of an active oceanic propagating rift system, Galapagos 95.5°W

1986 • 156 citations

Overlapping spreading centers: Implications from crack growth simulation by the displacement discontinuity method

1986 • 143 citations

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1982 • 131 citations

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1982 • 122 citations

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1986 • 119 citations

Deep‐tow and sea beam studies of dueling propagating ridges on the East Pacific Rise near 20°40′S

1988 • 104 citations

Migration of mid-ocean-ridge volcanic segments

1987 • 104 citations

A new isostatic model for the East Pacific Rise crest

1984 • 99 citations

A Sea Beam investigation of the Clipperton Transform Fault: The morphotectonic expression of a fast slipping transform boundary

1986 • 96 citations

A detailed study of the Cobb Offset of the Juan de Fuca Ridge: Evolution of a propagating rift

1983 • 86 citations

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1985 • 84 citations

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1986 • 82 citations

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1987 • 80 citations

Three-dimensional temperature structure of a ridge-transform-ridge system

1984 • 74 citations

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1986 • 59 citations

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1986 • 49 citations

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1986 • 47 citations

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1984 • 29 citations

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1965 • 10 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations

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