A geological and geophysical investigation of Baby Bare, locus of a ridge flank hydrothermal system in the Cascadia Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B10, 2000, Pages 23557-23568

  Becker, Nathan C ^a,e   Wheat, C Geoffrey ^b,c,f   Mottl, Michael J ^a,e   Karsten, Jill L ^a,e   Davis, Earl E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c W Coast Polar Regions Undersea R   (United States)

^d Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f W Coast Polar Regions Undersea R   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; OCEANIC CRUST;

BABY BARE; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033677451     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900204     Document Type: Article

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