Seismic evidence for variations in axial magma chamber properties along the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 353-366

  Canales, J Pablo ^a   Singh, Satish C ^b   Detrick, Robert S ^a   Carbotte, Suzanne M ^c   Harding, Alistair ^d   Kent, Graham M ^d   Diebold, John B ^c   Babcock, Jeffrey ^d   Nedimović, Mladen R ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft segment; hydrothermal activity; Juan de Fuca Ridge; magma chamber; seismic structure

Indexed keywords

AXIAL MAGMA CHAMBER; CLEFT SEGMENT; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; JUAN DE FUCCA RIDGE; LAVA CHEMISTRY; SEISMIC EVIDENCE; SEISMIC STRUCTURE;

CRACK INITIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; STATISTICS; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLCANOES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MAGMA CHAMBER; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SILL;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33745045748     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.032     Document Type: Article

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