The geochemical controls on vent fluids from the Lucky Strike vent field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 521-536

  Von Damm, K L ^a   Bray, A M ^a   Buttermore, L G ^a   Oosting, S E ^a,b  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b GEI CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Black smoker; Geochemistry; Hydrothermal processes; Hydrothermal vent; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Mid ocean ridge

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0032457690     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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