Rare earth element abundances in hydrothermal fluids from the Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea: Indicators of sub-seafloor hydrothermal processes in back-arc basins

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5494-5513

  Craddock, Paul R ^a,d   Bach, Wolfgang ^b   Seewald, Jeffrey S ^a   Rouxel, Olivier J ^a,c   Reeves, Eoghan ^a   Tivey, Margaret K ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; BACKARC BASIN; CHONDRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGASSING; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAFLOOR;

BISMARCK SEA; MANUS BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

PLATANISTA;

EID: 77955919287     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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