Alessio Sanfilippo

Dual Magnetite Formation Pathways in Abyssal Serpentinites From the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge

Abstract Serpentinization, which involves hydrothermal alteration of olivine and pyroxene in ultramafic rocks, generates magnetite and strongly modifies the magnetic properties of oceanic lithosphere. However, the microstructural pathways of magnetite formation and their bulk mag...

Mantle heterogeneity drives spreading center dynamics at Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

The Mohns and Knipovich mid-ocean ridges in the Arctic Ocean are ideal settings to investigate the dynamics of spreading centers, being the region affected by intricate interplays between oblique plate kinematics and curved plate boundary geometry. Furthermore, significant mantle...