Mid-Ocean Ridge Seismicity

Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 837-851

  Bohnenstiehl, D R ^a   Dziak, R P ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faulting; Fracture zones; Hydrothermal processes; Lithospheric stress; Mid ocean ridges; Ocean crust; Seismicity; Submarine geology; Tectonics; Tidal triggering; Transform faults; Underwater sound; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873565455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012374473-9.00653-6     Document Type: Chapter

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