Subaqueous lava flow lobes, observed on ROV KAIKO dives off Hawaii

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 503-506

  Umino, Susumu ^a   Lipman, Peter W ^b   Obata, Sumie ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hollow lobes; Inflation; Loihi seamount; Subaqueous pahoehoe flows; Supply rate

Indexed keywords

HOLLOW LOBES; INFLATION; LOIHI SEAMOUNT; PAHOEHOE FLOWS; SUPPLY RATE;

COALESCENCE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

COALESCENCE; LAVA FLOW; MAGNITUDE; PAHOEHOE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; RIFT ZONE; SEAMOUNT; SUBMARINE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; LOIHI SEAMOUNT; OAHU; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034431575     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<503:SLFLOO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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