Hydrothermal seismicity beneath the summit of Lucky Strike volcano, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 373, Issue , 2013, Pages 118-128

  Crawford, Wayne C ^a   Rai, Abhishek ^a,b   Singh, Satish C ^a   Cannat, Mathilde ^a   Escartin, Javier ^a   Wang, Haiyang ^a   Daniel, Romuald ^a   Combier, Violaine ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Axial magma chamber; Hydrothermal circulation; Marine seismology; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Volcano

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; THERMAL CONTRACTION;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; HOT SPRINGS; REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA CHAMBER; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMICITY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LUCKY STRIKE FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84879011851     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.028     Document Type: Article

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