A seismic swarm and regional hydrothermal and hydrologic perturbations: The northern Endeavour segment, February 2005

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Hooft, Emilie E E ^a   Patel, Hemalinee ^b   Wilcock, William ^c   Becker, Keir ^d   Butterfield, David ^e   Davis, Earl ^f   Dziak, Robert ^g   Inderbitzen, Katherine ^d   Lilley, Marvin ^c   McGill, Paul ^h   Toomey, Douglas ^a   Stakes, Debra ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^g NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Cuesta College   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake swarm; Endeavour ridge; hydrologic response; hydrothermal response; magma intrusion; overlapping spreading center

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; ENDEAVOUR RIDGE; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; HYDROTHERMAL RESPONSE; MAGMA INTRUSION; OVERLAPPING SPREADING CENTER;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; PERTURBATION; SEISMICITY; SPREADING CENTER; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; MAIN ENDEAVOUR FIELD; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79251572633     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003264     Document Type: Article

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