Dissolved inorganic carbon isotopic composition of low-temperature axial and ridge-flank hydrothermal fluids of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 123-136

  Walker, Brett D ^a   McCarthy, Matthew D ^a   Fisher, Andrew T ^a   Guilderson, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby Bare; Bicarbonate removal; Cascadia Basin; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Endeavour; Hydrothermal; Isotope fractionation; Juan de Fuca Ridge

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

CASCADIA BASIN; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 37549001260     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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