Detection of methane plumes in the water column of Logatchev hydrothermal vent field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2140-2146

  Zhou, Huaiyang ^a   Wu, Zijun ^a,b   Peng, Xiaotong ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a   Tang, Song ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal plume; Logachev vent field; Methane concentration anomalies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547684370     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0285-y     Document Type: Article

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