Deposition of talc - kerolite-smectite - smectite at seafloor hydrothermal vent fields: Evidence from mineralogical, geochemical and oxygen isotope studies

Chemical Geology

Volumn 247, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 171-194

  Dekov, Vesselin M ^a   Cuadros, Javier ^b   Shanks, Wayne C ^c   Koski, Randolph A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal activity; Kerolite smectite; Oxygen isotope Geothermometry; Smectite; Talc

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEAFLOOR; SMECTITE; TALC;

EID: 37448998950     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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