Serpentinized troctolites exposed near the Kairei Hydrothermal Field, Central Indian Ridge: Insights into the origin of the Kairei hydrothermal fluid supporting a unique microbial ecosystem

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 128-136

  Nakamura, Kentaro ^a,b   Morishita, Tomoaki ^c   Bach, Wolfgang ^d   Klein, Frieder ^d   Hara, Kaori ^c   Okino, Kyoko ^a   Takai, Ken ^b   Kumagai, Hidenori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

hybrid alteration model; hydrogen; hydrothermal fluid; Kairei Hydrothermal Field; serpentinization; troctolitic rocks

Indexed keywords

HYBRID ALTERATION MODEL; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; KAIREI HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; SERPENTINIZATION; TROCTOLITIC ROCKS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FELDSPAR; HYDROGEN; IRON ORES; MAGNETITE; OLIVINE; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROCKS; SEAWATER; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

FLUIDS;

HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; OCEANIC CRUST; SERPENTINIZATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

INDIAN OCEAN; MID-INDIAN RIDGE; RODRIGUEZ TRIPLE JUNCTION;

EID: 62549093924     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.024     Document Type: Article

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