Carbonate control of H2 and CH4 production in serpentinization systems at elevated P-Ts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Jones, L Camille ^a   Rosenbauer, Robert ^b   Goldsmith, Jonas I ^a   Oze, Christopher ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; METAL IONS; METALS; SILICATE MINERALS;

ABIOTIC SYNTHESIS; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; DISSOLVED METAL IONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; INORGANIC SYNTHESIS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MINERAL SEQUESTRATION; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN;

CARBONATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; FOREARC BASIN; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; INORGANIC CARBON; METHANE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OLIVINE; SERPENTINIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 77955255607     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043769     Document Type: Article

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