Geochemical and physical structure of the hydrothermal plume at the ultramafic-hosted Logatchev hydrothermal field at 14°45′N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Marine Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 187-197

  Marbler, H ^a   Koschinsky, A ^a   Pape, T ^b   Seifert, R ^b   Weber, S ^b   Baker, E T ^c   de Carvalho, L M ^d   Schmidt, K ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

dissolvable iron; dissolvable manganese; Logatchev hydrothermal plume; methane; Mid Atlantic Ridge; ultramafic hosted system

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVABLE IRON; GAS DISCHARGE; GAS INPUT; GAS PLUMES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IN-SITU; LOGATCHEV HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; LOGATCHEV HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NEPHELOMETRIC TURBIDITY UNITS; OCEANIC WATERS; OPTICAL LIGHT; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; SEA FLOOR; SEAWATER CONCENTRATION; SLOW-SPREADING RIDGES; VERTICAL EXTENSION; WATER COLUMNS; WATERBODIES;

GLOW DISCHARGES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METHANE; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY; VENTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; IRON; LIGHT SCATTERING; MANGANESE; METHANE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 77950367935     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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