Dispersion of a tracer on the East Pacific Rise (9°N to 10°N), including the influence of hydrothermal plumes

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-52

  Jackson, P R ^a   Ledwell, J R ^b   Thurnherr, A M ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Hydrothermal vent plume; Larval transport; Ocean mixing; Tracer experiment

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT PLUME; DISCRETE SOURCES; EAST PACIFIC RISE; EASTERN EDGE; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; OCEAN MIXING; SUBINERTIAL FLOWS; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER EXPERIMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; HOT SPRINGS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SULFUR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SURVEYS;

VENTS;

DISPERSION; ENTRAINMENT; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRACER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 72249085811     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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