Mn-Ba-Hg mineralization at shallow submarine hydrothermal vents in Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Chemical Geology

Volumn 224, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 96-112

  Canet, Carles ^a   Prol Ledesma, Rosa María ^a   Proenza, Joaquín Antonio ^b   Rubio Ramos, Marco Antonio ^a   Forrest, Matthew J ^c   Torres Vera, Marco Antonio ^d   Rodríguez Díaz, Augusto Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cinnabar; Fe oxyhydroxide; Hydrothermal coastal vents; Manganese oxides; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MINERALIZATION; SHALLOW WATER;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CONCEPCION BAY [BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 29544449564     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.07.023     Document Type: Article

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