Heat transfer and hydrothermal fluid flow at flanges on large seafloor sulphide structures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 93-99

  Kerr, Ross C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamics; Heat transfer; Hydrothermal conditions; Hydrothermal vents

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL VENTING; SULPHIDE STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE, ENDEAVOUR HYDROTHERMAL FIELD;

EID: 0031407797     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00137-4     Document Type: Article

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