Subsurface structure of a submarine hydrothermal system in ocean crust formed at the East Pacific Rise, ODP/IODP Site 1256

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Alt, Jeffrey C ^a   Laverne, Christine ^b   Coggon, Rosalind M ^a   Teagle, Damon A H ^c   Banerjee, Neil R ^d   Morgan, Sally ^e   Smith Duque, Christopher E ^c   Harris, Michelle ^c   Galli, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hydrothermal systems; mid ocean ridges; ocean drilling; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUIDS; INCLUSIONS; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OXYGEN; PHASE SEPARATION; QUARTZ; SEAWATER; SILICATES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

A-THERMAL; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CURRENT MODELS; EAST PACIFIC RISE; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID PATHWAYS; GREENSCHIST; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IN-SITU; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGMATISMS; METAL SULFIDES; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEAN CRUST; OCEAN DRILLING; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLUTONIC ROCKS; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; ROOT ZONE; SEA FLOOR; STABLE ISOTOPES; STEPWISE INCREASE; SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES; SUPERCRITICAL PHASE; WATER/ROCK RATIO;

LEVEES;

AMPHIBOLE; ANHYDRITE; DIKE; FLUID INCLUSION; GABBRO; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAVA; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MINERALIZATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; RECRYSTALLIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFIDE; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77958532014     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003144     Document Type: Article

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