Sr- and Nd-isotope geochemistry of the Atlantis Massif (30°N, MAR): Implications for fluid fluxes and lithospheric heterogeneity

Chemical Geology

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 19-35

  Delacour, Adélie ^a   Früh Green, Gretchen L ^a   Frank, Martin ^a,b   Gutjahr, Marcus ^a   Kelley, Deborah S ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantis Massif; Fluid fluxes; Lost City; Radiogenic isotopes; Serpentinites; Water rock ratios

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MASS WASTING; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NORMAL FAULT; PERIDOTITE; RADIONUCLIDE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SERPENTINIZATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIS MASSIF; LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 48549091083     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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