Temperature variations at diffuse and focused flow hydrothermal vent sites along the northern East Pacific Rise

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Scheirer, Daniel S ^a,b   Shank, Timothy M ^c   Fornari, Daniel J ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Hydrothermal systems; Seafloor eruptions; Vent fluids

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247589779     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001094     Document Type: Article

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