Hydrothermal Fe fluxes during the Precambrian: Effect of low oceanic sulfate concentrations and low hydrostatic pressure on the composition of black smokers

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 654-662

  Kump, Lee R ^a   Seyfried Jr , William E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded iron formation; Hydrothermal; Iron; Precambrian; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION (BIF); HYDROTHERMALM SYSTEMS; SEAFLOOR SYSTEM; SULFATE-RICH SEAWATER;

BASALT; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IONS; IRON; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SULFATE MINERALS;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; BLACK SMOKER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PRECAMBRIAN; SULFATE;

EID: 21344469473     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.040     Document Type: Article

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