Fluid inclusion evidence for subsurface phase separation and variable fluid mixing regimes beneath the deep-sea PACMANUS hydrothermal field, Manus Basin back arc rift, Papua New Guinea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Vanko, David A ^a   Bach, Wolfgang ^b   Roberts, Stephen ^c   Yeats, Christopher J ^d   Scott, Steven D ^e  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anhydrite; Fluid inclusions; Ocean Drilling Program

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; BACKARC BASIN; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MIXING; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 2542504689     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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