Dissolution of biogenic ooze over basement edifices in the equatorial Pacific with implications for hydrothermal ventilation of the oceanic crust

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 679-682

  Bekins, Barbara A ^a   Spivack, Arthur J ^b   Davis, Earl E ^c   Mayer, Larry A ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Hydrothermal; Pelagic; Sediments; Solubility; Vents

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC OOZE; OCEANIC CRUST; VENTING FLUIDS;

CARBONATES; DISSOLUTION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DISSOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANIC CRUST; OOZE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 34548059119     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23797A.1     Document Type: Article

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