Fracture-induced hydrothermal convection in the oceanic crust and the interpretation of heat-flow data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 929-932

  Yang, Jianwen ^a   Edwards, R N ^a   Molson, John W ^b   Sudicky, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUILDINGS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; HEAT TRANSFER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; BASALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

DISCRETE FRACTURES; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; HALF WAVELENGTH; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; LOW ASPECT RATIO; PERMEABLE LAYERS; SEISMIC SURVEYS;

HEAT CONVECTION; GEOPHYSICS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

FINITE ELEMENT CODE; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; OCEANIC CRUST;

CELLULAR CONVECTION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE-INDUCED; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; HYDROTHERMAL FLOW; OCEAN CRUST;

EID: 0030145282     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00728     Document Type: Article

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