Metalliferous sediment and a silica-hematite deposit within the Blanco fracture zone, Northeast Pacific

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-339

  Hein, James R ^a   Clague, David A ^b   Koski, Randolph A ^a   Embley, Robert W ^c   Dunham, Rachel E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blanco F. Z; Hydrothermal hematite; Metalliterous sediment; Northeast Pacific; Silica

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; COPPER; CORE SAMPLES; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; EUROPIUM; FELDSPAR; FORMING; GOLD; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; PRECIOUS METALS; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILVER; STRONTIUM; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR; ZINC;

BACTERIAL MATS; BLANCO F. Z; BLANCO FRACTURE ZONES; CRISTOBALITE; CRYSTALLINITY; DEEP OCEANS; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; HEMATITE DEPOSITS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HOT SPOTS; HYDROTHERMAL FIELDS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL HEMATITE; LOW PERMEABILITIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; METALLIFEROUS SEDIMENTS; METALLITEROUS SEDIMENT; MINERALIZING FLUIDS; MN OXIDES; NORTHEAST PACIFIC; SMECTITE; SULFIDE DEPOSITS; VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDES;

OXIDES;

FRACTURE ZONE; HEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; SILICA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 57449099007     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190802430986     Document Type: Article

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