Evidence for iron and sulfur enrichments in hydrothermal plumes at Axial Volcano following the January-February 1998 eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3649-3652

  Feely, Richard A ^a   Baker, Edward T ^a   Lebon, Geoff T ^a   Gendron, James F ^a   Resing, Joseph A ^a   Cowen, James P ^b,c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR; THERMAL PLUMES; BASALT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

HYDROTHERMAL PLUMES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES; SULFUR;

ENRICHMENT; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; IRON; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SULFUR; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIAL BIOMASS; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; UNIQUE FEATURES; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033573567     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL002325     Document Type: Article

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