Controls of bathymetric relief on hydrothermal fluid flow at mid-ocean ridges

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Bani Hassan, Nasser ^a   Iyer, Karthik ^a   Rpke, Lars H ^a   Borgia, Andrea ^b,c,d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EDRA ^*  (Italy)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bathymetry; hydrothermal convection; Lucky Strike; vent location

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; VENTS;

DEVIATION ANGLES; EAST PACIFIC RISE; FLUID FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA; HEAT SOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; LUCKY STRIKE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SITE LOCATION; SPREADING RIDGE; SUB-SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUBSURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE RELIEFS; SYNTHETIC STUDY;

BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CONVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; POROUS MEDIUM; RELIEF; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST PACIFIC RISE; LUCKY STRIKE FIELD; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861304919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004041     Document Type: Article

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