Self-organization of submarine hydrothermal siliceous deposits: Evidence from the TAG hydrothermal mound, 26°N Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 347-350

  Hopkinson, L ^a   Roberts, S ^a   Herrington, R ^b   Wilkinson, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINES; PYRITES;

BIOGENIC ORIGINS; FERRIC IRON; GEOTRAVERSE; INCLUSION MORPHOLOGY; INORGANIC PROCESS; IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; SELF ORGANIZATIONS;

IRON OXIDES;

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; PH; REDOX CONDITIONS; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE CANYON; AGATE; HYDROTHERMAL MOUND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031597329     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0347:SOOSHS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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