30,000 Years of hydrothermal activity at the Lost City vent field

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5632, 2003, Pages 495-498

  Früh Green, Gretchen L ^a   Kelley, Deborah S ^b   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^a   Karson, Jeffrey A ^c   Ludwig, Kristin A ^b   Butterfield, David A ^d   Boschi, Chiara ^a   Proskurowski, Giora ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EXPANSION; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER;

SERPENTIZATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON 14; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; STRONTIUM;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PERIDOTITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SPREADING CENTER;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; VOLUMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042344904     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085582     Document Type: Article

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