Permeability-porosity relationships in seafloor vent deposits: Dependence on pore evolution processes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, Wenlu ^a   Tivey, Margaret K ^a   Gittings, Hilary ^b   Craddock, Paul R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAFLOOR;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 58149091405     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004716     Document Type: Article

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