Mineralogical-geochemical peculiarities of hydrothermal sulfide ores and fluids in the Rainbow field associated with serpentinites, Mid-Atlantic Ridge (36°14′ N)

Geology of Ore Deposits

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 444-473

  Bogdanov, Yu A ^a   Bortnikov, N S ^b   Vikent'ev, I V ^b   Lein, A Yu ^a   Gurvich, E G ^a   Sagalevich, A M ^a   Simonov, V A ^c   Ikorskii, S V ^d   Stavrova, O O ^b   Apollonov, V N ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINERALOGY; SERPENTINITE; SULFIDE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0036881004     PISSN: 10757015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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