Extraordinary phase separation and segregation in vent fluids from the southern East Pacific Rise

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 365-378

  Von Damm, K L ^a   Lilley, M D ^b   Shanks, III ^c   Brockington, M ^a   Bray, A M ^a   O'Grady, K M ^a   Olson, E ^b   Graham, A ^b   Proskurowski, G ^b  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black smokers; East Pacific Rise; Hydrothermal processes; Mid ocean ridges; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKER; FLUID COMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PHASE TRANSITION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037441838     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01081-6     Document Type: Article

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