High-resolution three-dimensional simulations of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Coumou, D ^a   Driesner, T ^a   Geiger, S ^b   Paluszny, A ^c   Heinrich, C A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKER; CONVECTION; DIFFUSIVITY; FLUID FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA CHAMBER; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NONLINEARITY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PERMEABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 70349682918     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006121     Document Type: Article

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