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DSDP Hole 504B, the first reference section over 1 km through Layer 2 of the oceanic crust

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Hole 504B provides a reference section for correlation of in situ petrological and geophysical studies with regional crustal models based on dredged samples and remote surveys; and, at least for the medium-spreading-rate Costa Rica Rift, Hole 504B confirms that the main features of the upper part of an idealized ophiolite sequence occurs in the oceanic crust.

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  1. Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York, 10964, USA

    R. N. Anderson & R. L. Newmark

  2. Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami, Miama, Florida, 33149, USA

    J. Honnorez & J. C. Alt

  3. Deep Sea Drilling Project A031, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA

    K. Becker

  4. Department of Geology, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

    A. C. Adamson

  5. Mineralogisch-Petrologisches Institut, University of Giessen, 63, Giessen, FRG

    R. Emmermann

  6. Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 75275, USA

    P. D. Kempton

  7. Faculty of Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-Cho, Chiba, Japan

    H. Kinoshita

  8. Laboratoire de Géologic, Université de l'Ocean Indien, Réunion, France

    C. Laverne

  9. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, USA

    M. J. Mottl

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Anderson, R., Honnorez, J., Becker, K. et al. DSDP Hole 504B, the first reference section over 1 km through Layer 2 of the oceanic crust. Nature 300, 589–594 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/300589a0

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