First observations of high-temperature submarine hydrothermal vents and massive anhydrite deposits off the north coast of Iceland

Marine Geology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 199-220

  Hannington, M ^a   Herzig, P ^b   Stoffers, P ^c   Scholten, J ^c   Botz, R ^c   Garbe Schonberg D ^c   Jonasson, I R ^a   Roest, W ^a   Hauzel, B ^d   Hissman, K ^d   Huber, R ^d   Kristjansson, J K ^d   Kruger O ^d   Marteinsson, V ^d   Petursdottir, S K ^d   Preissler, H ^d   Schauer, J ^d   Schmidt, M ^d,d   Thiessen, O ^d   Zimmerer, M ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anhydrite; Boiling hydrothermal vents; Talc; Tjornes Fracture Zone

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL VENTS;

AQUIFERS; GASES; PYRITES; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINES; SUBMERSIBLES;

VENTS;

ANHYDRITE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; VENTING;

GREENLAND SEA;

EID: 0035879174     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00172-4     Document Type: Article

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