Seafloor eruptions and evolution of hydrothermal fluid chemistry

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1723, 1997, Pages 369-386

  Butterfield, D A ^a   Jonasson, I R ^b   Massoth, G J ^c   Feely, R A ^c   Roe, K K ^a   Embley, R E ^d   Holden, J F ^e   Mcduff, R E ^e   Lilley, M D ^e   Delaney, J R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID CHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 0030733261     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0013     Document Type: Article

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