Trace element distributions in the chalcopyrite wall of a black smoker chimney: Insights from laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 335-345

  Butler, I B ^a   Nesbitt, R W ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal vents; Inductively coupled plasma methods; Laser methods; Mass spectroscopy; Sulfides; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKER; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0033561712     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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