Enhanced geochemical gradients in a marine shallow-water hydrothermal system: Unusual arsenic speciation in horizontal and vertical pore water profiles

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2595-2605

  Price, Roy E ^a   Amend, Jan P ^b   Pichler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXYGENATION; PH EFFECTS; SEAWATER;

GEOCHEMICAL GRADIENTS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; PORE WATERS; SHALLOW MARINE HYDROTHERMAL VENTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ARSENIC; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PH; POREWATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VENTING;

AMBITLE ISLAND; BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; FENI ISLANDS; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TUTUM BAY;

EID: 36148977131     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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