Vertical and lateral splitting of a hydrothermal plume at Steinahóll, Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 529-537

  Ernst, G G J ^a,c   Cave, R R ^a   German, C R ^b   Palmer, M R ^b   Sparks, R S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal vents; Plumes; Reykjanes Ridge; Spatial variations

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND;

EID: 0033930653     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(00)00140-0     Document Type: Article

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