Flow rate perturbations in a black smoker hydrothermal vent in response to a mid-ocean ridge earthquake swarm

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Crone, Timothy J ^a   Wilcock, William S D ^b   McDuff, Russell E ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake swarms; Flow rates; Hydrothermal

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; HOT SPRINGS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; FLOW RATE PERTURBATIONS; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 77958123630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002926     Document Type: Article

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