Talk:Southwest Indian Ridge

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I found the following content unhelpful and removed it from the article. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 16:02, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

The SWIR has been studied for a range of issues.

References

• Sclater, J. G.; Harrison, C. G. A. (1971). "Elevation of Mid-ocean Ridges and the Evolution of the South-west Indian Ridge". Nature Publishing Group. doi:10.1038/230175a0. Retrieved 24 February 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Ansorge, I. J.; Pakhomov, E. A.; Kaehler, S.; Lutjeharms, J. R. E.; Durgadoo, J. V. (2010). "Physical and biological coupling in eddies in the lee of the South-West Indian Ridge.(Report)" (PDF). Polar Biology. 33 (6). Springer: 747–759. doi:10.1007/s00300-009-0752-9. Retrieved 30 July 2016. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Ocean Drilling Program, Leg 118 Shipboard Scientific Party (1988). "Plutonic rocks in fracture zones". Nature. 333 (6169): 115–116. doi:10.1038/333115a0. {{cite journal}}: External link in |author= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Hamelin, B.; Allègre, C. J. (1985). "Large-scale regional units in the depleted upper mantle revealed by an isotope study of the South-West Indian Ridge". Nature. 315 (6016): 196–199. doi:10.1038/315196a0. Retrieved 24 February 2015. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

I found the following unreferenced sentence interesting but I'm not sure what to do with it. I place it here for now. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 07:04, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

"As with other slow-spreading ridges, magma supply along the ridge is often low or intermittent, leading to the formation of oceanic core complexes that expose lower crustal plutonic rocks through tectonic unroofing along low-angle detachment faults."