A model for the production of sulfur floc and "snowblower" events at mid-ocean ridges

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Crowell, Brendan W ^a   Lowell, Robert P ^b   Von Damm, Karen L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical modeling; Filamentous sulfur floc; Hydrothermal systems; Mid ocean ridge; Snowblower events

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249097872     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002103     Document Type: Article

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