Aqueous volatiles in hydrothermal fluids from the Main Endeavour Field, northern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Temporal variability following earthquake activity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 575-590

  Seewald, Jeffrey ^a   Cruse, Anna ^a   Saccocia, Peter ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous volatiles; Fluid rock reaction; Hydrothermal systems; Main Endeavour Field; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ENDEAVOUR FIELD; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0346199328     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00543-0     Document Type: Article

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