Abstract
Average vesicularity of basalt drilled at three sites on the west flank of the Reykjanes Ridge increases with decreasing age. This change apparently records concomitant decrease in water depth at the ridge crest where the basalt was erupted and suggests substantial upward growth of the crest during the past 35 Myr.
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Duffield, W. Vesicularity of basalt erupted at Reykjanes Ridge crest. Nature 274, 217–220 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/274217a0
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