Hydrothermal exploration of the Fonualei Rift and Spreading Center and the Northeast Lau Spreading Center

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  German, C R ^a   Baker, E T ^b   Connelly, D P ^c   Lupton, J E ^b   Resing, J ^d   Prien, R D ^e   Walker, S L ^b   Edmonds, H N ^f   Langmuir, C H ^g  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploration; Hydrothermal; Lau Basin; SW Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049125844     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001324     Document Type: Article

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