Incorporation of seawater into mid-ocean ridge lava flows during emplacement

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 289-307

  Soule, S Adam ^a   Fornari, Daniel J ^a   Perfit, Michael R ^b   Ridley, W Ian ^c   Reed, Mark H ^d   Cann, Johnson R ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lava; Mid ocean ridge; seawater; submarine; thermochemical modeling; vapor

Indexed keywords

LAVA; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; THERMOCHEMICAL MODELING;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; QUENCHING; VAPORS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

SEAWATER;

EMPLACEMENT; LAVA FLOW; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SHEET FLOW; SPREADING CENTER; SUBMARINE; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 33751175207     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.043     Document Type: Article

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