A time domain electromagnetic survey of the TAG hydrothermal mound

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3455-3458

  Cairns, G W ^a   Evans, R L ^a,b   Edwards, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; HEAT CONVECTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMERSIBLES; TRANSMITTERS;

HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; HYDROTHERMAL FIELDS; TRANSIENT ELECTRIC DIPOLE DIPOLE INSTRUMENTS;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURVEYS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPLORATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL MOUND; STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE, TAG FIELD;

APPARENT CONDUCTIVITY; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; DIPOLE-DIPOLE; FLUID CONVECTION; HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TIME-DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER;

EID: 0030285834     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03233     Document Type: Article

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