Mercury isotopic composition of hydrothermal systems in the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field and Guaymas Basin sea-floor rift

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 86-96

  Sherman, L S ^a   Blum, J D ^a   Nordstrom, D K ^b   McCleskey, R B ^b   Barkay, T ^c   Vetriani, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guaymas Basin; hydrothermal; isotope fractionation; mercury; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

GUAYMAS BASIN; HYDROTHERMAL; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MERCURY; YELLOWSTONE;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); FLOORS; HOT SPRINGS; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

MERCURY (METAL);

HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANTLE SOURCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIFT ZONE; SEAFLOOR; THERMAL SPRING;

GUAYMAS BASIN; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE VOLCANIC PLATEAU;

EID: 60249099220     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.032     Document Type: Article

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