Bottom pressure signals at the TAG deep-sea hydrothermal field: Evidence for short-period, flow-induced ground deformation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Sohn, Robert A ^a   Thomson, Richard E ^b   Rabinovich, Alexander B ^b,c   Mihaly, Steven F ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL PERMEABILITY; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NARROW BANDS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PRESSURE SIGNAL; SEA FLOOR; SOURCE REGION; SPECTRAL PEAK; VERTICAL MOTIONS; WATER DEPTH;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; DEFORMATION; GEYSER; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 72049092917     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040006     Document Type: Article

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