Abrupt thermal transition reveals hydrothermal boundary and role of seamounts within the Cocos Plate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Fisher, A T ^a   Stein, C A ^b   Harris, R N ^c   Wang, K ^d   Silver, E A ^a   Pfender, M ^e   Hutnak, M ^a   Cherkaoui, A ^a   Bodzin, R ^a   Villinger, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT FLUX;

HEAT FLOW;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

COCOS PLATE; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; LITHOSPHERE; SEAMOUNT; SUBDUCTION;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042412243     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016766     Document Type: Article

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