Hydrothermal venting at Vailulu'u Seamount: The smoking end of the Samoan chain

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Staudigel, H ^a   Hart, S R ^b   Koppers, A A P ^a   Constable, C ^a   Workman, R ^b   Kurz, M ^b   Baker, E T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Hydrothermal; Seamount

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544433377     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000626     Document Type: Article

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