The permeability of young oceanic crust east of Juan de Fuca Ridge determined using borehole thermal measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1311-1314

  Fisher, A T ^a   Becker, K ^b   Davis, E E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BUILDINGS; HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; UNDERGROUND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BASALTIC CRUST; FLUID FLOWING; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; OCEANIC CRUST; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; THERMAL HOMOGENIZATION; THERMAL MEASUREMENTS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

BOREHOLE THERMAL MEASUREMENTS; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; YOUNG OCEANIC CRUST;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUID FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC CRUST; PERMEABILITY;

PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE;

EID: 0031171112     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01286     Document Type: Article

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