Sulfur in peridotites and gabbros at Lost City (30°N, MAR): Implications for hydrothermal alteration and microbial activity during serpentinization

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5090-5110

  Delacour, Adélie ^a   Früh Green, Gretchen L ^a   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^b   Kelley, Deborah S ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERIDOTITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SERPENTINIZATION; SULFUR;

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

EID: 52749098631     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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