Using submarine lava pillars to record mid-ocean ridge eruption dynamics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 195-214

  Gregg, Tracy K P ^a   Fornari, Daniel J ^b   Perfit, Michael R ^c   Ridley, W Ian ^d   Kurz, Mark D ^b  

^a 876 Nat Sci Math Complex U ^*  (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Lava flows; Lava lakes; Mid ocean ridges; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PILLOW LAVA; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0034094428     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00085-6     Document Type: Article

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