An authoritative global database for active submarine hydrothermal vent fields

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4892-4905

  Beaulieu, Stace E ^a   Baker, Edward T ^b,c   German, Christopher R ^a   Maffei, Andrew ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

deep sea vent; Drupal; hydrothermal activity; hydrothermal vent

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC SPREADING CENTERS; DRUPAL; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; OPEN SOURCE CONTENT MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HOT SPRINGS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSITS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SUBMARINES;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; DATABASE; DEEP SEA; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISLAND ARC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SOFTWARE; SPREADING CENTER; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84893325755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GC004998     Document Type: Article

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