A Magma Accretion Model for the Formation of Oceanic Lithosphere: Implications for Global Heat Loss

<table>Distribution of isotherms in the oceanic lithosphere, derived from the VBA model of the present work. The numbers on the curves are temperatures in degrees centigrade.</table>

International Journal of Geophysics

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Figure 3: A Magma Accretion Model for the Formation of Oceanic Lithosphere: Implications for Global Heat Loss 