Petrophysical properties of the root zone of sheeted dikes in the ocean crust: A case study from Hole ODP/IODP 1256D, Eastern Equatorial Pacific

Tectonophysics

Volumn 493, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 139-152

  Violay, Marie ^a   Pezard, Philippe A ^a   Ildefonse, Benoît ^a   Belghoul, Akram ^a   Laverne, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal alteration; Oceanic crust; ODP IODP (Ocean Drilling Program Integrated Ocean Drilling Program) Site 1256; Petrophysics properties; Sheeted dike complex

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; OCEANIC CRUST; ODP/IODP (OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM/INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM) SITE 1256; PETROPHYSICS; SHEETED DIKE COMPLEX;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CRACKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LENSES; LEVEES; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POROSITY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIKE; GABBRO; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LAYERED INTRUSION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; POROSITY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 77957295702     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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