Submarine volcanoes and high-temperature hydrothermal venting on the Tonga arc, southwest Pacific

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 453-456

  Stoffers, Peter ^a   Worthington, Tim J ^a   Schwarz Schampera, Ulrich ^b   Hannington, Mark D ^c   Massoth, Gary J ^d   Hekinian, Roger ^e   Schmidt, Mark ^a   Lundsten, Lonny J ^f   Evans, Leigh J ^g   Vaiomo'unga, Rennie ^h   Kerby, Terry ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ^*

^f MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Ministry of Lands Survey and Natural Resources   (Tonga)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Submarine hydrothermal vents; Sulfide sulfate chimneys; Tonga arc

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; SUBMARINE VOLCANOES; SULFIDE-SULFATE CHIMNEYS; TONGA ARC;

BARITE; CHIMNEYS; LEVEES; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; ORIFICES; PHASE SEPARATION; SULFIDE MINERALS; VENTS; VOLCANOES;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TONGA;

EID: 33745303784     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22227.1     Document Type: Article

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