Subsurface processes at the lucky strike hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic ridge: Evidence from sulfur, selenium, and iron isotopes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2295-2311

  Rouxel, Olivier ^a   Fouquet, Yves ^b   Ludden, John N ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LUCKY STRIKE FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 2342447424     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2003.11.029     Document Type: Article

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