Conductive heat loss in recent eruptions at mid-ocean ridges

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3089-3092

  Johnson, Paul ^a   Hutnak, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FOAMED PLASTICS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; VOLCANIC ROCKS; HEAT TRANSFER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEAWATER; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS; VOLCANOES;

HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; INSULATING THERMAL BLANKETS; MID OCEAN RIDGES;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

HEAT LOSS; MID OCEAN RIDGE; SEA FLOOR; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PACIFIC, GORDA RIDGE; PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE;

CONDUCTIVE HEAT; FLUID CIRCULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MEASUREMENTS OF; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL RESERVOIR;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0031408164     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02998     Document Type: Article

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