Lithium isotope geochemistry of marine pore waters - Insights from cold seep fluids

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3459-3475

  Scholz, Florian ^a   Hensen, Christian ^a   De Lange, Gert J ^b   Haeckel, Matthias ^a   Liebetrau, Volker ^a   Meixner, Anette ^c   Reitz, Anja ^a   Romer, Rolf L ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AUTHIGENESIS; COLD SEEP; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POREWATER;

EID: 77952888343     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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