Elemental mercury at submarine hydrothermal vents in the Bay of Plenty, Taupo volcanic zone, New Zealand

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 931-934

  Stoffers, P ^a   Hannington, M ^b   Wright, I ^c   Herzig, P ^d   De Ronde, C ^e   Arpe, T ^a   Battershill, C ^c   Botz, R ^a   Britten, K ^e   Browne, P ^f   Cheminee J L ^g   Fricke, H W ^h   Garbe Schonberg D ^a   Hekinian, R ⁱ   Hissman, K ^h   Huber, R ^j   Robertson, J ^f   Schauer, J ^h   Schmitt, M ^a   Scholten, J ^a   Schwarz Schampera, U ^d   Smith, I ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^e GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

ⁱ IFREMER   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; HOT SPRINGS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SILVER DEPOSITS; SUBMARINES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GEYSERS GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MERCURY TRANSPORT; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

MERCURY DEPOSITS;

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE SPRING;

BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0033385990     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0931:EMASHV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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