Hydrothermal seepage patterns above a buried basement rdige, eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Spinelli, G A ^a   Zuhlsdorff L ^b   Fisher, A T ^a   Wheat, C G ^c   Mottl, M ^d   Spiess V ^b   Giambalvo, E R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid flux; Marine hydrogeology; Sediment properties

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEEPAGE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2542474172     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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