Hydrological response to a seafloor spreading episode on the Juan de Fuca ridge

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6997, 2004, Pages 335-338

  Davis, Earl ^a   Beckor, Keir ^b   Dziak, Robert ^c   Cassidy, John ^a   Wang, Kelin ^a   Lilley, Marvin ^d  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MAGNETISM; MICROORGANISMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY;

ELASTIC STRAIN; HYDROTHERMAL DISCHARGE RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

HYDROLOGY;

WATER;

FLUID PRESSURE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; HYDROLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 3142749087     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02755     Document Type: Article

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