Geochemistry of high H2 and CH4 vent fluids issuing from ultramafic rocks at the Rainbow hydrothermal field (36°14′N,MAR)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-359

  Charlou, J L ^a   Donval, J P ^a   Fouquet, Y ^a   Jean Baptiste, P ^b   Holm, N ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abiotic synthesis; Black smokers; Fischer tropsch reaction; Hydrogen; Hydrothermal Processes; Mid Atlantic ridge; Mid ocean ridges; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037202643     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00134-1     Document Type: Article

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