Seismogenic structure and processes associated with magma inflation and hydrothermal circulation beneath the East Pacific Rise at 9°50'N

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Waldhauser, Felix ^a   Tolstoy, Maya ^a  

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

Author keywords

active faulting; earthquake location; East Pacific Rise; hydrothermal circulation; magma; seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HOT SPRINGS; SEAWATER; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULTING; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; EAST PACIFIC RISE; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; MAGMA; SEISMICITY;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULTING; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; KINEMATICS; MAGMA CHAMBER; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80052592247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003568     Document Type: Article

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