Geodynamic zonation of the Atlantic Ocean lithosphere:...

RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 10, ES4001, doi:10.2205/2007ES000218, 2008

Geodynamic zonation of the Atlantic Ocean lithosphere: Application of cluster analysis procedure and zoning inferred from geophysical data

S. Yu. Sokolov
Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

N. S. Sokolov
Geological department of the M. V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia

L. V. Dmitriev
V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Received 28 November 2007; accepted 18 December 2007; published 26 April 2008.

Keywords: Geodynamic zonation, cluster analysis, mid-oceanic ridge zone.

Index Terms: 3235 Mathematical Geophysics: Persistence, memory, correlations, clustering; 8120 Tectonophysics: Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle: general; 8130 Tectonophysics: Heat generation and transport; 9325 Geographic Location: Atlantic Ocean.

Citation: Sokolov, S. Yu., N. S. Sokolov, and L. V. Dmitriev (2008), Geodynamic zonation of the Atlantic Ocean lithosphere: Application of cluster analysis procedure and zoning inferred from geophysical data, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 10, ES4001, doi:10.2205/2007ES000218.