Problems with imaging cellular hydrothermal convection in oceanic crust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3551-3554

  Davis, Earl E ^a   Chapman, David S ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; OCEAN STRUCTURES; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC WAVES; THERMAL GRADIENTS; BUILDINGS; HEAT TRANSFER; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CELLULAR HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; OCEANIC CRUST;

NATURAL CONVECTION; HEAT CONVECTION;

CELLULAR CONVECTION; HEAT FLOW; HEAT-FLOW DATA; HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; HYDROTHERMAL FLOW; OCEAN CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE;

HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEAK TO PEAK AMPLITUDES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0030434178     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03074     Document Type: Article

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