Parameters of subsurface brines and hydrothermal processes 12-15 months after the 1999 magmatic event at the Main Endeavor Field as inferred from in situ time series measurements of chloride and temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Larson, B I ^a   Lilley, M D ^a   Olson, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CHLORIDE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; MAIN ENDEAVOUR FIELD; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 63049119372     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005627     Document Type: Article

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