Crustal Structure, Magma Chamber, and Faulting Beneath the Lucky Strike Hydrothermal Vent Field

Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 113-132

  Crawford, Wayne C ^a   Singh, Satish C ^a   Seher, Tim ^d   Combier, Violaine ^b   Dusunur, Doga ^c   Cannat, Mathilde ^a  

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

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axialmagmachamber; Chemical oceanography; Crustalstructure; Hydrothermal deposits; Hydrothermal vents; Hydrothermalvents; Mid AtlanticRidge; Reflectionseismics; Refractionseismics; Sea floor spreading

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT SPRINGS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORE DEPOSITS; REFLECTION; VOLCANOES;

AXIALMAGMACHAMBER; CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CRUSTALSTRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYDROTHERMALVENTS; MID-ATLANTICRIDGE; REFLECTIONSEISMICS; REFRACTIONSEISMICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

FAULTING;

EID: 84863878827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000726     Document Type: Chapter

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