Hydrogen isotope systematics of phase separation in submarine hydrothermal systems: Experimental calibration and theoretical models

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1595-1604

  Berndt, M E ^a   Seal II, R R ^b   Shanks III, W C ^b   Seyfried, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 0029772081     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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