A fluorescein tracer release experiment in the hydrothermally active crater of Vailulu'u volcano, Samoa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Hart, S R ^a   Staudigel, H ^b   Workman, R ^a   Koppers, A A P ^b   Girard, A P ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye tracer; Eddy diffusion; Hydrothermal; Vailulu'u; Volcanic

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; CALDERA; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; TRACER; VOLCANO;

SAMOA; VAILULU'U VOLCANO;

EID: 0344513986     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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