Hydrothermal activity on the ultra-slow spreading southern Knipovich Ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Connelly, D P ^a   German, C R ^a,b   Asada, M ^c   Okino, K ^c   Egorov, A ^d   Naganuma, T ^e   Pimenov, N ^f   Cherkashev, G ^g   Tamaki, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^g VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic; Hydrothermal; Knipovich Ridge; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649114424     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001652     Document Type: Article

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