Topographic Relief and Sediment Thickness - Their Effects on the Thermal Evolution of the Oceanic-Crust

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1992
Authors: 
Abbott, D. H.; Stein, C. A.; Diachok, O.
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Geophysical Research Letters
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Oct 2
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19
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19
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1975-1978
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0094-8276
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ISI:A1992JR21900020
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heat-flow; hydrothermal circulation; indian-ocean; ridge; convection; atlantic; age;
Abstract: 

We compiled a suite of 490 heat flow measurements from the Pacific Ocean in areas with less than 85 m of sediment. Heat flow patterns at different basement ages vary with topographic relief. Areas with reliefs < 300 meters are conductively blanketed at 40-60 m.y. and may stop convecting at 70-90 m.y. Areas with reliefs > 300 meters are conductively blanketed at 70-90 m.y. and convect out to greater-than-or-equal-to 90-110 m.y.

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