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Multi-channel seismic imaging of a crustal magma chamber along the East Pacific Rise

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A reflection observed on multi-channel seismic profiles along and across the East Pacific Rise between 8°50′ N and 13°30′ N is interpreted to arise from the top of a crustal magma chamber located 1.2–2.4 km below the sea floor. The magma chamber is quite narrow (<4 – 6 km wide), but can be traced as a nearly continuous feature for tens of kilometres along the rise axis.

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  1. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, USA

    R. S. Detrick & J. Madsen

  2. Lament–Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 10964, USA

    P. Buhl & E. Vera

  3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA

    J. Mutter & J. Orcutt

  4. US Geological Survey, MS 977 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA

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Detrick, R., Buhl, P., Vera, E. et al. Multi-channel seismic imaging of a crustal magma chamber along the East Pacific Rise. Nature 326, 35–41 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/326035a0

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