Hydrothermal cooling along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center: No evidence for discharge beyond the neovolcanic zone

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Baker, Edward T ^a   Martinez, Fernando ^b   Resing, Joseph A ^c   Walker, Sharon L ^a   Buck, Nathaniel J ^c   Edwards, Margo H ^b  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

crustal cooling; hydrothermal; Lau Basin

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DATA STRUCTURES; OXIDATION; SURVEYS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

CONVECTIVE HEAT; CRUSTAL COOLING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL DISCHARGE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; LAU BASIN; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-VELOCITY; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAPPING SYSTEMS; NEOVOLCANIC ZONES; OFF-AXIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIALS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEA FLOOR; VERTICAL BOUNDARIES;

FLUIDS;

COOLING; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER; VENTING;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955548634     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003106     Document Type: Article

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