Seafloor massive sulfides from the northern equatorial Mid-Atlantic ridge: New discoveries and perspectives

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 222-239

  Cherkashov, G ^a   Poroshina, I ^a   Stepanova, T ^a   Ivanov, V ^b   Bel'tenev, V ^b   Lazareva, L ^b   Rozhdestvenskaya, I ^b   Samovarov, M ^b   Shilov, V ^b   Glasby, G P ^c   Fouquet, Y ^d   Kuznetsov, V ^e  

^a VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^b Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal systems; Mid atlantic ridge; Seafloor massive sulfides

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC MODES; DEEP-SEATED ROCKS; DETACHMENT FAULT; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE ROCKS; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEANIC CORE-COMPLEXES; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR MASSIVE SULFIDES;

COBALT; COBALT DEPOSITS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; SEAWATER;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ACCRETION; COBALT; COPPER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GOLD; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MORPHOLOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAMETERIZATION; SEAFLOOR; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 77956065494     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2010.483308     Document Type: Article

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