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The volcanic layer may be only 200 m thick at 45° N and oxidation of titanomagnetite may be responsible for the decrease in amplitude of the magnetic anomalies away from the ridge axis.
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IRVING, E., PARK, J., HAGGERTY, S. et al. Magnetism and Opaque Mineralogy of Basalts from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 45° N. Nature 228, 974–976 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228974a0
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