Globally aligned photomosaic of the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 37°18.5′N): Release of georeferenced data, mosaic construction, and viewing software

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Escartin J ^a   Garcia R ^b   Delaunoy, O ^b   Ferrer, J ^b   Gracias, N ^b   Elibol, A ^b   Cufi, X ^b   Neumann, L ^b   Fornari, D J ^c   Humphris, S E ^c   Renard, J ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal field; Lucky strike; Mid ocean ridge; MoMAR; Photomosaic

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249093123     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002204     Document Type: Article

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