Fine-scale segmentation of the crustal magma reservoir beneath the East Pacific Rise

Mid-ocean ridges are composed of segmented faults and magma reservoirs. Seismic images from the East Pacific Rise show that the magma reservoirs are segmented on the same fine scale as the surface faults, and that distinct lava eruptions are sourced from largely isolated magma lenses.

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