Chemistry of hydrothermal vent fluids from the Main Endeavour Field, northern Juan de Fuca Ridge: Geochemical controls in the aftermath of June 1999 seismic events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Seyfried Jr , W E ^a   Seewald, J S ^b   Berndt, M E ^a   Ding, Kang ^a   Foustoukos, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Hydrothermal alteration; Magmatic heating; Phase segregation; Phase separation; Vent fluid geochemistry

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

ENDEAVOUR FIELD; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0347169233     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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