Time-series temperature measurements at high-temperature hydrothermal vents, East Pacific Rise 9°49'-51'N: Evidence for monitoring a crustal cracking event

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 419-431

  Fornari, D J ^a   Shank, T ^b   Von Damm, K L ^c   Gregg, T K P ^a   Lilley, M ^d   Levai, G ^b   Bray, A ^c   Haymon, R M ^e   Perfit, M R ^f   Lutz, R ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black smoker; East Pacific Rise; Hydrothermal processes; Hydrothermal vent; Mid ocean ridge; Pacific Ocean; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKER; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032448736     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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