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Science 20 February 1970:
Vol. 167. no. 3921, pp. 1123 - 1124
DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3921.1123
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Viscosity of the Atlantic Ocean Bottom

Chris H. Cramer 1

1 University of Putget Sound, Tacoma, Washington 98416

Two profiles across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were analyzed to determine viscosity values. Viscous creeping of bottom features due to gravitational stress was assumed, as was sea floor spreading at a rate of 2 centimeters per year. Values obtained agreed well with previous results obtained on the Fennoscandian Uplift, despite great differences in the horizontal dimensions of the bottom relief.

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