Long-term tilt and acceleration data from the Logatchev Hydrothermal Vent Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, measured by the Bremen Ocean Bottom Tiltmeter

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Fabian, Marcus ^a   Villinger, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Logatchev Hydrothermal Vent Field; Long term monitoring; Ocean bottom tiltmeter; Seafloor observatory

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049110290     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001917     Document Type: Article

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