Detection of and response to a probable volcanogenic T-wave event swarm on the western Blanco Transform Fault Zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 873-876

  Dziak, R P ^a   Fox, C G ^b   Embley, R W ^b   Lupton, J E ^b   Johnson, G C ^c   Chadwick, W W ^a   Koski, R A ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES; ACOUSTICS; COBALT DEPOSITS; GEOPHYSICS; HOT SPRINGS; ORE DEPOSITS; TRANSFORM FAULTS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

BLANCO TRANSFORM FAULT ZONE; EAST BLANCO DEPRESSION; VOLCANOGENIC TERTIARY WAVES;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; FAULTING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; SEA FLOOR ERUPTION; T WAVE; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC, BLANCO TRANSFORM FAULT;

ACOUSTIC ENERGY; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; BACTERIAL MATS; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; OCEANIC FRACTURE ZONES; TETHERED VEHICLES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029667838     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00240     Document Type: Article

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