Vertical, horizontal, and temporal changes in temperature in the Atlantis II and Discovery hot brine pools, Red Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-128

  Swift, Stephen A ^a   Bower, Amy S ^a   Schmitt, Raymond W ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantis II Deep; Brine pools; Discovery Deep; Hydrothermal vent; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIS; DEEP WATER; DISCOVERY DEEP; HEAT BUDGET; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYPERSALINE; RED SEA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEA FLOOR; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TIME-SCALES; TRANSITION LAYERS; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

HOT SPRINGS; LAKES;

HEAT FLUX;

BRINE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DEEP WATER; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; RIFT ZONE; SALINITY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIS II DEEP; INDIAN OCEAN; JEDDAH; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84860528128     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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