Evolution of a brine-saturated layer at the base of a ridge-crest hydrothermal system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B5, 1997, Pages 10245-10255

  Lowell, R P ^a   Germanovich, L N ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CHLORINITY; EVOLUTION; HOT BRINES; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SEAWATER;

EID: 0030713393     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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