Redox and pH constraints in the subseafloor root zone of the TAG hydrothermal system, 26° N Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 497-510

  Foustoukos, Dionysis I ^a   Seyfried Jr , W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Iron; Metal mobility; Mid ocean ridge; pH; Redox; TAG hydrothermal system

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; REDOX REACTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AQUEOUS FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ROCK MASS RATIOS; TRANS-ATLANTIC GEO-TRAVERSE (TAG);

PH;

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PH; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEANIC REGIONS; TAG FIELD; WORLD;

EID: 21444437386     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.042     Document Type: Article

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