The chemistry of diffuse-flow vent fluids on the galapagos rift (86°W): Temporal variability and subseafloor phase equilibria controls

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 2008, Pages 123-144

  Pester, N J ^a   Butterfield, D A ^b   Foustoukos, D I ^a,d   Roe, K K ^b   Ding, K ^a   Shank, T M ^c   Seyfried, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 72049115704     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/178GM07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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