Mineralogical and geochemical features of sulfide chimneys from the MESO zone, Central Indian Ridge

Chemical Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 29-44

  Münch, Ute ^a   Blum, Norbert ^b   Halbach, Peter ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Indian Ridge; Hydrothermalism; Massive sulfides; Weathering processes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MINERALIZATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0344980121     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00139-9     Document Type: Article

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