Heat flow variations on a slowly accreting ridge: Constraints on the hydrothermal and conductive cooling for the Lucky Strike segment (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 37°N)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Lucazeau, Francis ^a   Bonneville, Alain ^a   Escartin, Javier ^a   Von Herzen, Richard P ^b   Gouze, Philippe ^c   Carton, Helene ^a   Cannat, Mathilde ^a   Vidal, Valerie ^a,d   Adam, Claudia ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c ISTEEM Cc 56   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Mid atlantic ridge

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849106949     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001178     Document Type: Article

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