Ambient light emission from hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  White, Sheri N ^a   Chave, Alan D ^b   Reynolds, George T ^c   Van Dover, Cindy L ^d  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPRINGS; LIGHT EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; EASTERN PACIFIC; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; RIMICARIS EXOCULATA; SPECTRAL IMAGING;

VENTS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RIMICARIS EXOCULATA;

EID: 0036705391     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014977     Document Type: Article

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