Sub-bottom temperature anomalies detected by long-term temperature monitoring at the TAG hydrothermal mound

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3467-3470

  Kinoshita, M ^a,d   Matsubayashi, O ^b   Von Herzen, R P ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONDUCTION; PROBES; UNDERWATER DRILLING; UNDERWATER TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE;

HYDROTHERMAL FIELDS; THERMAL ANOMALIES;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT;

DRILLING; DRILLING ACTIVITIES; FLUID CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL MOUND; TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE, TAG FIELD;

BOTTOM TEMPERATURE; FLUID CIRCULATION; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; THERMAL ANOMALIES; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0030292010     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02150     Document Type: Article

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