Venting formation fluids from deep-sea boreholes in a ridge flank setting: ODP Sites 1025 and 1026

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Wheat, C Geoffrey ^a   Jannasch, Hans W ^b   Kastner, Miriam ^c   Plant, Josh N ^b   DeCarlo, Eric H ^d   Lebon, Geoff ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borehole; Hydrothermal; Ocean Drilling Program; Pore waters; Ridge flanks; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644966364     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000710     Document Type: Article

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