FAMOUS and AMAR segments on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Ubiquitous hydrothermal Mn, CH4, δ3He signals along the rift valley walls and rift offsets

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 1-17

  Bougault, H ^a,e   Aballea M ^a,b   Radford Knoery, J ^b,c   Charlou, J L ^a,d   Jean Baptiste, P ^a,b,c   Appriou, P ^c,d   Needham, H D ^a,b   German, C ^c,d   Miranda, M ^a,c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Faculté Des Sciences UEO   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d SOC   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal vents; Mid Atlantic Ridge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001896443     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00094-6     Document Type: Article

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