Mineral and gas chemistry of hydrothermal fluids on an ultrafast spreading ridge: East Pacific Rise, 17° to 19°S (Naudur cruise, 1993) phase separation processes controlled by volcanic and tectonic activity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 15899-15919

  Charlou, Jean Luc ^a   Fouquet, Yves ^a   Donval, Jean Pierre ^a   Auzende, Jean Marie ^a,d   Jean Baptiste, Philippe ^b   Stievenard, Michel ^b   Michel, Stéphane ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0030441280     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00880     Document Type: Article

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