Regional heat flow variations across the sedimented Juan de Fuca Ridge eastern flank: Constraints on lithospheric cooling and lateral hydrothermal heat transport

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B8, 1999, Pages 17675-17688

  Davis, E E ^a   Chapman, D S ^b   Wang, K ^a   Villinger, H ^c   Fisher, A T ^d   Robinson, S W ^b   Grigel, J ^c   Pribnow, D ^e   Stein, J ^d   Becker, K ^f  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Geowissenschaftliche G   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 17144467611     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900124     Document Type: Article

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