Hydrothermal cooling of midocean ridge axes: Do measured and modeled heat fluxes agree?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 140-150

  Baker, Edward T ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

heat flux measurement; heat flux model; hydrothermal recharge; midocean ridge; seafloor hydrothermal vent

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL COOLING; HYDROTHERMAL RECHARGE; MIDOCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR HYDROTHERMAL VENT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COOLING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR; VENTING;

EID: 35548984924     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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