Insights into the behaviour of sulphur in mid-ocean ridge axial hydrothermal systems from the composition of the sheeted dyke complex at Pito Deep

Chemical Geology

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 105-115

  Barker, A K ^a,b   Coogan, L A ^b   Gillis, K M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anhydrite; Hydrothermal fluid flow; Ocean crust; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIKE; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; OXIDATION; PARTITIONING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PITO DEEP;

EID: 77953869537     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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