Surficial evidence of fluid expulsion from the Costa Rica accretionary prism

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 887-890

  Kahn, L M ^a   Silver, E A ^a   Orange, D ^b   Kochevar, R ^b   McAdoo, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CARBONATES; MOLLUSCS; VENTS; BACTERIA; CARBONATE MINERALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SUBMERSIBLES; TECTONICS; UNDERWATER HEAT TRANSFER;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CHEMOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; OUT OF SEQUENCES; TECTONIC REGIONS;

PRISMS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; TUBICOLAE; VESICOMYIDAE;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACCRETIONARY PRISMS; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATE; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES; CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITY; FLUID EXPULSION; FLUID FLOW; FLUID VENTING; SUBMERSIBLE DIVE;

COSTA RICA; PACIFIC, COSTA RICA ACCRETIONARY PRISM; PACIFIC, COSTA RICA MARGIN;

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CHEMOSYNTHETIC FAUNA; COSTA RICA ACCRETIONARY PRISM; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0029669309     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00732     Document Type: Article

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