Geoelectrical measurements at the TAG hydrothermal mound

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3451-3454

  Von Herzen, R P ^a   Kirklin, J ^a   Backer, K ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; BASALT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES;

APPARENT RESISTIVITY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; POTENTIAL GRADIENTS; RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE; SHALLOW DEPTHS;

SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

GEOELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS; HYDROTHERMAL FIELDS; POTENTIAL GRADIENTS; SEAFLOOR RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL SURVEY; HYDROTHERMAL MOUND; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; OCEAN FLOOR; RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE; SEA FLOOR;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE, TAG FIELD;

EID: 0030292198     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02077     Document Type: Article

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