Contamination of basaltic lava by seawater: Evidence found in a lava pillar from Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Schiffman, Peter ^a   Zierenberg, Robert ^a   Chadwick Jr , William W ^b   Clague, David A ^c   Lowenstern, Jacob ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial Seamount; Lava pillar; Seawater contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951703272     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC003009     Document Type: Article

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