Magmatic origin of hydrothermal response to earthquake swarms: Constraints from heat flow and geochemical data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Germanovich, Leonid N ^a   Lowell, Robert P ^b   Ramondenc, Pierre ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FLUID COMPOSITION; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PERMEABILITY; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; VENTING;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79958073318     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006588     Document Type: Article

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