Acidic sulfate-rich hydrothermal fluids from the Manus back-arc basin, Papua New Guinea

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-142

  Gamo, Toshitaka ^a   Okamura, Kei ^a   Charlou, Jean Luc ^b   Urabe, Tetsuro ^c   Auzende, Jean Marie ^b,d   Ishibashi, Junichiro ^a   Shitashima, Kiminori ^e   Chiba, Hitoshi ^f   Binns, Ray ^g   Gena, Kaul ^g   Henry, Katell ^g   Matsubayashi, Osamu ^g   Matsumoto, Takeshi ^g   Moss, Roger ^g   Nagaya, Yoshiharu ^g   Naka, Jiro ^g   Ruellan, Etienne ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

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

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HOT SPRINGS; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DISPROPORTIONATIONS; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MAGNESIUM SILICATE MINERALS; MG CONCENTRATIONS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SULFATE-CHLORIDE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACIDITY; BACKARC BASIN; CALDERA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGNESIUM; SILICATE MINERAL; SULFATE; BACKARC BASINS; HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS; SULPHATE; SULPHATES;

BISMARCK SEA; MANUS BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0030789918     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0139:AASRHF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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