Waxing and waning volcanism along the East Pacific Rise on a millennium time scale

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 633-636

  Cormier, Marie Hélène ^a   Ryan, William B F ^a   Shah, Anjana K ^a   Jin, Wen ^a   Bradley, Albert M ^b   Yoerger, Dana R ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; High resolution bathymetry; Lava flows; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

LAVA;

BATHYMETRY; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042703452     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0633:WAWVAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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