Sulfur cycling at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: A multiple sulfur isotope approach

Chemical Geology

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 180-196

  Peters, Marc ^a   Strauss, Harald ^a   Farquhar, James ^b   Ockert, Charlotte ^a   Eickmann, Benjamin ^a   Jost, Cristiane L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrothermalism; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Multiple sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; SULFIDE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 73749083263     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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