Discovery of abundant hydrothermal venting on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel ridge in the Arctic Ocean

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6920, 2003, Pages 252-256

  Edmonds, H N ^a   Michael, P J ^b   Baker, E T ^c   Connelly, D P ^d   Snow, J E ^e   Langmuir, C H ^f   Dick, H J B ^g   Muhe R ^h   German, C R ^d   Graham, D W ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FLUXES; LIGHT SCATTERING; THERMAL PLUMES; VENTILATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

RIDGES;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEA WATER;

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SPREADING CENTER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANO;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037448535     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01351     Document Type: Article

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