Recent tectonic, magmatic, and hydrothermal activity on the East Pacific Rise between 17°S and 19°S: Submersible observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 17995-18010

  Auzende, Jean Marie ^a,b   Ballu, Valérie ^c   Batiza, Rodey ^d,j   Bideau, Daniel ^a   Charlou, Jean Luc ^a   Cormier, Marie Hélène ^e,f   Fouquet, Yves ^a   Geistdoerfer, Patrick ^g   Lagabrielle, Yves ^h,k   Sinton, John ^d,j   Spadea, Piera ⁱ  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^h UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSES; MAGMATISM; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SUBMERSIBLE SURVEY; TECTONICS;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0030439944     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb01209     Document Type: Article

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