Numerical simulations of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal circulation including the phase separation of seawater

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-215

  Kawada, Yoshifumi ^a   Yoshida, Shigeo ^a   Watanabe, Sei Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal circulation; Phase separation; Porous media

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

EID: 20644442898     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353403     Document Type: Article

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