Seawater-peridotite interactions: First insights from ODP Leg 209, MAR 15°N

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Bach, Wolfgang ^a   Garrido, Carlos J ^b   Paulick, Holger ^c   Harvey, Jason ^d   Rosner, Martin ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal system; Ocean drilling program; Oceanic crust; Serpentinite; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049125110     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000744     Document Type: Article

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