Iron isotope fractionation in a buoyant hydrothermal plume, 5°S Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5619-5634

  Bennett, Sarah A ^a   Rouxel, Olivier ^b   Schmidt, Katja ^c   Garbe Schönberg, Dieter ^d   Statham, Peter J ^a   German, Christopher R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON; IRON SULFIDE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; VENTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 69149097371     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.027     Document Type: Article

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