Direct measurements of oceanic crustal density at the northern Juan de Fuca Ridge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3633-3636

  Gilbert, Lisa A ^a   Johnson, H Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVIMETERS; POROSITY; GRAVITATION;

OCEANIC CRUSTS;

TECTONICS; FLOORS;

DENSITY; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; OCEANIC CRUST; POROSITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FORWARD MODELING; GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; GRAVITY SURVEY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMALLY; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC CRUST;

EID: 0033573486     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008391     Document Type: Article

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