The effect of plume processes on the Fe isotope composition of hydrothermally derived Fe in the deep ocean as inferred from the Rainbow vent site, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 36°14′N

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 63-76

  Severmann, S ^a   Johnson, C M ^a   Beard, B L ^a   German, C R ^b   Edmonds, H N ^b,c   Chiba, H ^d   Green, D R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fe isotopes; Hydrothermal plumes; Metalliferous sediments; Rainbow vent site; Seawater isotope composition

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; RAINBOW HYDROTHERMAL FIELD;

EID: 4344686139     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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