Deciphering the ocean bottom pressure variation in the Logatchev hydrothermal field at the eastern flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Gennerich, Hans Hermann ^a   Villinger, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

gravity waves; Logatchev hydrothermal field; Mid Atlantic Ridge; ocean bottom pressure; seafloor deformation; surface waves

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; SURFACE WAVES; TIME SERIES; WAVES; GRAVITY WAVES;

FREQUENCY RANGES; IN-SITU DATA; LOGATCHEV HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEAN BOTTOM PRESSURE; OCEAN MODELING; OCEANIC MODELING; PRESSURE DATA; PRESSURE TIME; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; PRESSURE WAVES; SATELLITE GRAVITY; SEAFLOOR DEFORMATION; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; TELESEISMIC; WATER COLUMNS; BOTTOM PRESSURES;

WATER WAVES;

BOTTOM PRESSURE; BUOY SYSTEM; DEFORMATION; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; OCEAN WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 79960233918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003441     Document Type: Article

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