Hydrothermal mineralization along submarine rift zones, Hawaii

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-203

  Torresan, Michael ^a   Gibbs, Ann E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Hydrothermal; Manganese oxides; Mineralization; Minor metal enrichment; Rift zones

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MANGANESE OXIDES; MINERALIZATION; RIFT ZONES; MANGANESE; RIFT;

PACIFIC, HAWAII; HALEAKALA RIDGE; HAWAII; PACIFIC; USA;

FRACTIONATION; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERALOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OXIDES; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEAWATER; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BIRNESSITE; CLASTIC ROCKS; HAWAII; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION; MANGANESE OXIDE; MIDPLATE VOLCANIC EDIFICES; STRATIFORM LAYERS; SUBMARINE RIFT ZONES; TODOROKITE; VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS;

MANGANESE NODULES;

EID: 0030111989     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641199609388310     Document Type: Article

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