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Asymmetric Spreading

Asymmetric Spreading is a seafloor spreading process in which the two sides of a mid-ocean ridge exhibit unequal rates or styles of crustal accretion, resulting in differential growth of the lithosphere across the divergent plate boundary.

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Age, spreading rates, and spreading asymmetry of the world's ocean crust

R. Dietmar Müller, M. Sdrolias, Carmen Gaina et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2008 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Bismarck Sea: Evolution of a back-arc basin

Brian Taylor · Geology · 1979 · 225 citations

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Near-bottom magnetic anomalies, asymmetric spreading, oblique spreading, and tectonics of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near lat 37°N

Ken C. Macdonald · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1977 · 170 citations

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Asymmetric back-arc spreading, heat flux and structure associated with the Central Volcanic Region of New Zealand

T. A. Stern · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1987 · 157 citations

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Observations of ridge‐hotspot interactions in the Southern Ocean

Christopher Small · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1995 · 152 citations

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Authors

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  1. DE
    Dennis E. Hayes

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    3 publications · 228 citations

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  2. TF
    Toshiya Fujiwara

    Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan

    3 publications · 167 citations

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  3. TM
    Takeshi Matsumoto

    Kyoto University, Japan

    3 publications · 178 citations

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  4. JM
    Joann M. Stock

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  5. RD
    R. Dietmar Müller

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 2.2K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    614 citations

  2. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    322 citations

  3. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    628 citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    628 citations

  5. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    317 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    991 citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    95 citations

  8. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 6 publications · 488 citations

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  2. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    6 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    4 publications · 363 citations

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  4. Nature

    4 publications · 304 citations

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  5. Physics of Fluids

    3 publications · 196 citations

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