Compositional controls on vent fluids from ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal systems at mid-ocean ridges: An experimental study at 4 00°C, 500 bars

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1531-1542

  Allen, Douglas E ^a   Seyfried Jr, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYDROUS MINERAL; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OLIVINE; P-T CONDITIONS; PYROXENE;

EID: 0037447454     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01173-0     Document Type: Article

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