The relation between earthquakes, faulting, and submarine hydrothermal mineralization

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-175

  Glasby, G P ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; East pacific rise; Faulting; Izu bonin arc; Mid atlantic ridge; Submarine hydrothermal activity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SEAWATER; TECTONICS;

SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION;

UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION;

ATLANTIC; PACIFIC;

EID: 0032051506     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641199809379964     Document Type: Article

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