OCEAN/ESS 545, Spring 2011
Oceanic Lithosphere

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  1. T&S Chapter 1 Sections 1-1 to 1-8 (skim 1-9)
  2. T&S Chapter 1 Sections 1-10 to 1-21
  3. Stein, C. A. & S. Stein, A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age, Nature, 359, 123-129, 1992. PDF
  4. Ogawa, M., Mantle convection: A review, Fluid Dynamics Res., 40, 379-398, 2008. PDF
  5. Puchkov, V. N., The Controversy over Plumes: Who is Actually Right?, Geotectonics, 43, 3-22, 2009. PDF
  6. Buck, W. R, L. L. Lavier & A. N. B. Poliakov, Modes of faulting at mid-ocean ridges, Nature, 434, 719-923, 2005. PDF
  7. Kinoshita, M., G. Moore, R. Von Huene, H. Tobin & C. R. Ranero, The seismogenic zone experiment, Oceanography, 19, 28-38, 2006. PDF
  8. Phipps Morgan, J. & Y. J. Chen, The genesis of oceanic crust: Magma injection, hydrothermal circulation and crustal flow, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 6283-6297, 1993. PDF

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