An off-axis hydrothermal vent field near the mid-atlantic ridge at 30° n

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6843, 2001, Pages 145-149

  Kelley, Deborah S ^a   Karson, Jeffrey A ^b   Blackman, Donna K ^c   Früh Green, Gretchen L ^d   Butterfield, David A ^a,e   Lilley, Marvin D ^a   Olson, Eric J ^a   Schrenk, Matthew O ^a   Roe, Kevin K ^e   Lebon, Geoff T ^e   Rivizzigno, Pete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CHIMNEYS; ROCKS; SEAWATER; VENTS;

HYDROTHERMAL FIELDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; VENTING;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MINERALS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035849891     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35084000     Document Type: Article

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