Magmatic events can produce rapid changes in hydrothermal vent chemistry

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6934, 2003, Pages 878-881

  Lilley, Marvin O ^a   Butterfield, David A ^b   Lupton, John E ^c   Olson, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EARTHQUAKES; HEAT FLUX; PHASE SEPARATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

HEAT RATIOS;

VOLCANOES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; SEA WATER; SULFIDE;

HYDROCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SALINITY; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; HEAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VOLCANO; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0242500328     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01569     Document Type: Article

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