Methane, manganese, and helium in hydrothermal plumes following volcanic eruptions on the East Pacific Rise near 9°50′N

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Love, Brooke A ^a   Resing, Joseph A ^b   Cowen, James P ^c   Lupton, John E ^d   Fornari, Daniel J ^e   Shank, Timothy M ^e   Biller, Dondra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Methane isotopes; Plume

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249104188     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002104     Document Type: Article

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