Are undiscovered hydrothermal vents in the southern Red Sea the main source of silica and helium 3 for the Red Sea Deep Water?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C1, 1996, Pages 1225-1232

  Cember, Richard P ^a  

^a Theta Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP-WATER MASSES; HELIUM; HELIUM-3; HYDROTHERMAL VENTING; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; SILICA; SPREADING CENTRE;

RED SEA;

EID: 0029768487     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02695     Document Type: Article

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