Thermal fluxes associated with the 1993 diking event on the CoAxial segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge: A model for the convective cooling of a dike

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 24887-24902

  Cherkaoui, Abdellah S M ^a   Wilcock, William S D ^a   Baker, Edward T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DYKE INTRUSION; DYKES; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL PLUMES; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE, COAXIAL SEGMENT;

EID: 0031423889     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02123     Document Type: Article

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