Hydrothermal vents near a mantle hot spot: The Lucky Strike vent field at 37°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 69-91

  Langmuir, C ^a   Humphris, S ^b   Fornari, D ^b   Van Dover, C ^c   Von Damm, K ^d   Tivey, M K ^b   Colodner, D ^a   Charlou, J L ^e   Desonie, D ^a,g   Wilson, C ^f   Fouquet, Y ^e   Klinkhammer, G ^f   Bougault, H ^e  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^e IFREMER   (France)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Geochemistry; Hot spots; Hydrothermal vents; Mid Atlantic Ridge

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES; GAS CHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; MID OCEAN RIDGE; VENTING;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE, LUCKY STRIKE HYDROTHERMAL FIELD;

EID: 0030820939     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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