Precipitation of Fe(III) oxyhydroxide deposits from shallow-water hydrothermal fluids in Tutum Bay, Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea

Chemical Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-31

  Pichler, Thomas ^a   Veizer, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fe(III) oxyhydroxide; Hydrothermal system; Papua New Guinea; Shallow water

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SHALLOW WATER;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0033226785     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00068-6     Document Type: Article

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