Young volcanism and related hydrothermal activity at 5°S on the slow-spreading southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Haase, K M ^a,b   Petersen, S ^c   Koschinsky, A ^d   Seifert, R ^e   Devey, C W ^c   Keir, R ^c   Lackschewitz, K S ^c   Melchert, B ^c   Perner, M ^c   Schmale, O ^c   Suling J ^c   Dubilier, N ^f   Zielinski, F ^f   Fretzdorff, S ^a   Garbe Schonberg D ^a   Westernstroer U ^a   German, C R ^g   Shank, T M ^g   Yoerger, D ^g   Giere, O ^f   Kuever, J ^h   Marbler, H ^d   Mawick, J ^d   Mertens, C ^h   Stober U ^h   Walter, M ^h   Paulick, H ^j   Peters, M ^k   Strauss, H ^k   Sander, S ^l   Stecher, J ^m   Warmuth, M ^e   Weber, S ^e   Ostertag Henning, C ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

ⁱ FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^m SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Mid ocean ridge; eruption; vent fauna; fluids; phase separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649155205     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001509     Document Type: Article

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