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

@article{Detrick1987MultichannelSI,
  title={Multi-channel seismic imaging of a crustal magma chamber along the East Pacific Rise},
  author={Robert S. Detrick and Peter Buhl and Emilio E. Vera and John Colin Mutter and John A. Orcutt and John A. Madsen and Thomas M. Brocher},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1987},
  volume={326},
  pages={35-41}
}
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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