Rapid emplacement of a mid-ocean ridge lava flow on the East Pacific Rise at 9° 46′-51′n

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages

  Gregg, Tracy K P ^a   Fornari, Daniel J ^a   Perfit, Michael R ^b   Haymon, Rachel M ^c   Fink, Jonathan H ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Eruptions; Flow mechanism; Lava flows; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

FLOW MECHANISM; LAVA FLOW; LAVA FLOWS; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0030436419     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00179-3     Document Type: Article

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