The Supply of Heat to Mid-Ocean Ridges by Crystallization and Cooling of Mantle Melts

Magma to Microbe: Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Oceanic Spreading Centers

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 45-73

  Maclennan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal circulation (Oceanography) Mathematical models; Hydrothermal vents Microbiology; Mid ocean ridges; Sea floor spreading; Seawater Thermodynamics Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

HOT SPRINGS; LATENT HEAT; SEAWATER; SPECIFIC HEAT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE;

HYDRATION REACTION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; TRANSIENT HIGH TEMPERATURE;

COOLING;

EID: 84952931845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/178GM04     Document Type: Chapter

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