Hydrothermal Processes at Seafloor Spreading Centers

by Peter Rona

Book Overview

During the past ten years, evidence has developed to indicate that seawater convects through oceanic crust driven by heat derived from creation of lithosphere at the Earth-encircling oceanic ridge-rift system of seafloor spreading centers. This has stimulated multiple lines of research with profound implications for the earth and life sciences. The lines of research comprise the role of hydrothermal convection at seafloor spreading centers in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306414821
• ISBN13: 9780306414824
• Release Date: February 1984
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 796 Pages
• Weight: 2.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"