Westward migration of oceanic ridges and related asymmetric upper mantle differentiation

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• 作者：Franç ; oise Chalot-Prat^a ; ^{chalot@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr} ; Carlo Doglioni^b ; ^c ; Trevor Falloon^d
• 关键词：Asymmetric oceanic lithosphere ; Westward drift of the lithosphere ; Migrating ridge ; Mantle melting ; Refertilization and secondary lherzolite ; Detachment fault and mantle core complex
• 刊名：Lithos
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：268-271
• 期：Complete
• 页码：163-173
• 全文大小：1130 K
• 卷排序：268

文摘

Westward ridge migration induces higher mantle refertilization of the western plate. Upwelling residual mantle is abandoned eastward consistent with seismological asymmetry. Ridge migration provides permanently MORB mantle source from the west.