A seafloor gravity profile across the TAG hydrothermal mound

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3447-3450

  Evans, Rob L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BASALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

HYDROTHERMAL FIELDS; SEAFLOOR GRAVITY PROFILE;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GRAVITY SURVEY; GRAVITY SURVEYS; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL MOUND; MOUND; SEA FLOOR; SULPHIDE; SULPHIDES;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE, TAG FIELD;

SEA FLOOR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

EID: 0030291878     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00734     Document Type: Article

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