Feedbacks between mantle hydration and hydrothermal convection at ocean spreading centers

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 34-44

  Iyer, Karthik ^a   Rüpke, Lars H ^a   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^b  

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

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal convection; Mid ocean ridge; Numerical model; Serpentinization; Water budget

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; NUMERICAL MODELS; SERPENTINIZATION; WATER BUDGET;

BUDGET CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OLIVINE; POROSITY; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY; WATER CONTENT;

MINERALS;

DARCY LAW; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SERPENTINIZATION; SPREADING CENTER; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 77953873789     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.037     Document Type: Article

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