Strong seismic heterogeneity in layer 2A near hydrothermal vents at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Arnulf, A F ^a   Singh, S C ^a   Harding, A J ^b   Kent, G M ^c   Crawford, W ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; HOT SPRINGS; LAKES; POROSITY; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES;

3D SEISMIC; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH VELOCITY; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LOW VELOCITIES; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC; OCEANIC CRUST; PILLOW LAVAS; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC HETEROGENEITY; TRANSITION ZONES; TRAVEL TIME TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HETEROGENEITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PILLOW LAVA; POROSITY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LUCKY STRIKE FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 79960501453     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047753     Document Type: Article

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