Hydrothermal exploration near the Azores Triple Junction: Tectonic control of venting at slow-spreading ridges?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 93-104

  German, C R ^a   Parson, L M ^a   Bougault, H ^a   Coller, D ^a,b   Critchley, M ^a,b   Dapoigny, A ^a   Day, C ^a   Eardley, D ^a   Fearn, A ^a   Flewellen, C ^a   Kirk, R ^a   Klinkhammer, G ^a   Landure J Y ^a   Ludford, E ^a   Miranda, M ^a   Needham, H D ^a   Patching, J ^a   Pearce, R ^a   Pelle H ^a   Radford Knoery, J ^a   Rouse, I ^a   Scott, J ^a   Stoffregen, P ^a   Taylor, P ^a   Teare, D ^a   Wynar, J ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ERA Maptec   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acoustical surveys; Azores; Black smokers; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Triple junctions

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; BLACK SMOKERS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; SLOW SPREADING RIDGE; TECTONIC CONTROL; TRIPLE JUNCTION; TRIPLE JUNCTIONS;

ATLANTIC, AZORES TRIPLE JUNCTION; ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0029728846     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00224-z     Document Type: Article

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