Carbonatization of oceanic crust by the seafloor hydrothermal activity and its significance as a CO2 sink in the Early Archean

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4595-4618

  Nakamura, Kentaro ^a   Kato, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; OCEANIC CRUST; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 7744220279     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.05.023     Document Type: Article

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