Hydrothermal sediment alteration at a seafloor vent field: Grimsey Graben, Tjörnes Fracture Zone, north of Iceland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Dekov, Vesselin ^a   Scholten, Jan ^b   Garbe Schönberg, Carl Dieter ^c   Botz, Reiner ^c   Cuadros, Javier ^d   Schmidt, Mark ^e   Stoffers, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MIXED LAYER; SEAFLOOR; TURBIDITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GRIMSEY; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58549085789     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005526     Document Type: Article

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