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Heat Flux Estimates from the Plume Tows
One method for estimating the heat flux of a deep-sea hydrothermal plume
is to establish a control volume, inventory the excess heat within that
volume, estimate the transport of fluid through that control volume from
current meter records, and from these parameters estimate the heat flux. The details
of the methodology can be found in R.E. Thomson, J.R. Delaney, R.E.
McDuff, D.R. Janecky and J.A. McClain
(1992) Physical characteristics of the Endeavour Ridge hydrothermal
plume during July 1988, Earth Planet. Sci. Letters, 111,
141-154.
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