Bromide/chloride fractionation in seafloor hydrothermal fluids from 9-10°N East Pacific Rise

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 133-145

  Oosting, S E ^a,b   Von Damm, K L ^a  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b GEI CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Black smokers; Bromide ion; Chloride ion; East Pacific Rise; Hydrothermal processes; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; BROMIDES; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDES; FRACTIONATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSES; HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0030441491     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00149-5     Document Type: Article

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