Table of Contents

Preface
W. Roger Buck, P aul T . Delaney,  Jeffrey A . Karson, Yves Lagabrielle vii

Global Systematics of Mid-Ocean Ridge Morphology
Christopher Small  1

Linkages Between Faulting, Vlcanism, Hydrothermal Activity and Segmentation on Fast Spreading Centers
Ken C. Macdonald  27

Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges: Constraints from Volcanological  and Geochemical Investigations
Michael R. Perfit and William W. Chadwick, Jr  59

Geological Consequences of Dike Intrusion at Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading Centers
Daniel Curewitz and Jeffrey A. Karson  117

Formation and Development of Fissures at the East Pacific Rise: Implications for Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges
Dawn J. Wright  137

Ultramafic-Mafic Plutonic Rock Suites  Exposed Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (100N-300N)
Symmetrical-Asymmetrical Distribution and Implications for Seafloor  Spreading  Processes
Yves L'agabrielle, Daniel Bideau, Mathilde Cannat, Jeffrey A. Karson, and Catherin Mevel  153

Internal Structure of Oceanic Lithosphere: A Perspective  from Tectonic Windows
Jeffrey A . Karson  177

Structure of Modern Oceanic Crust and Ophiolites and Implications for Faulting and Magmatism at
Oceanic Spreading Centers
Yildirim Dilek, Eldridge M. Moores, and Harald Furnes 219

Periodic Formation of Magma Fractures and Generation of Layered Gabbros in the Lower Crust Beneath
Oceanic Spreading Ridges
Peter B. Kelemen and Einat Aharanov  267

The Rheology of the Lower Oceanic Crust: Implications  for Lithospheric  Deformation at Mid-Ocean Ridges
Greg Hirth, Javier Escartin and Jian Lin  291

Mechanics of Stretching Elastic-Plastic-Vicous Layers: Applications to Slow-Spreading Mid-Ocean Ridges
Alexei N. B. Poliakov and W. Roger Buck  305

Normal Fault Growth in Three Dimensions in Continental and Oceanic Crust
Patience A. Cowie  325

About the Author

W. Roger Buck and Paul T. Delaney are the authors of Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges, published by Wiley.