Depletion of a brine layer at the base of ridge-crest hydrothermal systems

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 341-353

  Schoofs, Stan ^a,c   Hansen, Ulrich ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c GEODELFT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brines; Convection; Geothermal systems; Mid ocean ridges; Numerical models; Porous materials

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CONVECTION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY;

EID: 0033848373     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00184-9     Document Type: Article

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