Multiple scales of hydrothermal circulation in Middle Valley, northern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Physical constraints and geologic models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B5, 2001, Pages 8563-8580

  Stein, Joshua S ^a,b   Fisher, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Colorado Rocky Mountain School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; MIDDLE VALLEY; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034953303     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900395     Document Type: Article

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