Warm springs discovered on 3.5 Ma oceanic crust, eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-54

  Mottl, M J ^a   Wheat, G ^b   Baker, E ^c   Becker, N ^a   Davis, E ^d   Feely, R ^c   Grehan, A ^e   Kadko, D ^f   Lilley, M ^g   Massoth, G ^c   Moyer, C ^h   Sansone, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BUILDINGS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SMOKE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIAL MATS; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; BLACK SMOKERS; HIGH PERMEABILITY; MANNED SUBMERSIBLES; OCEANIC CRUST; PACIFIC OCEAN; TURBIDITE SEDIMENTS;

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; OCEANIC CRUST; OUTCROP; POREWATER; THERMAL SPRING; BIOMASS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; OCEAN CRUST; SEAWATER CIRCULATION;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC;

EID: 0031961032     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0051:WSDOMO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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