Red Sea Floor Origin: Rare-Earth Evidence
- 26 September 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 165 (3900) , 1357-1360
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.165.3900.1357
Abstract
Abundance patterns of rare earths of submarine tholeiitic basalts from the axial trough of the Red Sea resemble those of basalts from mid-ocean ridges but are distinct from shield or plateau basalts of tholeiitic composition. These results imply that a similar magmatic process, related to spreading of sea floors, operates beneath the axial trough of the Red Sea and the crest of mid-ocean ridges.Keywords
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