Submeter bathymetric mapping of volcanic and hydrothermal features on the East Pacific Rise crest at 9°500N

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ferrini, Vicki Lynn ^a   Fornari, Daniel J ^a   Shank, Timothy M ^a   Kinsey, James C ^b   Tivey, Maurice A ^a   Soule, S Adam ^a   Carbotte, Suzanne M ^c   Whitcomb, Louis L ^a,b   Yoerger, Dana ^a   Howland, Jonathan ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; High resolution bathymetry; Near bottom sonar; Ridge2000

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350470397     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001333     Document Type: Article

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