New insights into mid-ocean ridge volcanic processes from the 2005-2006 eruption of the East Pacific Rise, 9°46′N-9°56′N

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1079-1082

  Soule, S Adam ^a   Fornari, Daniel J ^a   Perfit, Michael R ^b   Rubin, Kenneth H ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Lava flows; Mid oceanic ridges; Submarine volcanoes

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SEAFLOOR IMAGERY; ERUPTIONS; LAVA FLOWS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE (MOR);

LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FISSURE; IMAGERY; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; MAP; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MORPHOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 37449032779     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23924A.1     Document Type: Article

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