Water-column geochemical anomalies associated with the remnants of a mega plume: A case study after CR-2003 hydrothermal event in Carlsberg Ridge, NW Indian Ocean

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-360

  Ray, Durbar ^a   Mirza, Imran H ^a   Surya Prakash, L ^a   Kaisary, Sujata ^a   Sarma, Y V B ^a,b   Rao, B R ^a   Somayajulu, Y K ^a   Drolia, R K ^c   Kamesh Raju, K A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carlsberg Ridge; Geochemical anomalies; Hydrothermal event plume; Water column

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449107157     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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