Interaction of sea water and lava during submarine eruptions at mid-ocean ridges

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6962, 2003, Pages 62-65

  Perfit, Michael R ^a   Cann, Johnson R ^b   Fornari, Daniel J ^c   Engels, Jennifer ^d   Smith, Deborah K ^c   Ridley, W Ian ^e   Edwards, Margo H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

LAVA; OCEAN CRUSTS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GLASS; SEA WATER;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAVA FLOW; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAWATER; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; VAPORIZATION; VELOCITY; VOLCANO; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0242581689     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02032     Document Type: Article

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