Venting sites along the Fonualei and Northeast Lau Spreading Centers and evidence of hydrothermal activity at an off-axis caldera in the northeastern Lau Basin

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Kim, Jonguk ^a   Son, Seung Kyu ^a   Son, Ju Won ^a   Kim, Kyeong Hong ^a   Shim, Won Joon ^a   Kim, Chang Hwan ^a   Lee, Kyeong Yong ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Back arc spreading; Hydrothermal venting; NE Lau Basin; Off axis caldera; SW Pacific

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; HYDROLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; RIFT ZONE; SPREADING CENTER;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 74949120497     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.0.0164     Document Type: Article

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