Oxygen isotope composition of a section of lower oceanic crust, ODP Hole 735B

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Alt, Jeffrey C ^a   Bach, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gabbro; Hydrothermal systems; Isotope geochemistry; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349127073     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001385     Document Type: Article

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