Rare earth elements in mussel shells of the Mytilidae family as tracers for hidden and fossil high-temperature hydrothermal systems

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 310-316

  Bau, Michael ^a   Balan, Simona ^a,b   Schmidt, Katja ^a,c   Koschinsky, Andrea ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolus; Biomineralization; Hydrothermal system; Mytilus; Proxy; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

BATHYMODIOLUS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONCENTRATION DATA; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EXTRAPALLIAL FLUIDS; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE WATER; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRELAND; LOW TEMPERATURES; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; MUSSEL SHELLS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NORTH ATLANTIC; PROXY; SEA FLOOR; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA;

BIOMINERALIZATION; ECOLOGY; EUROPIUM; FLUIDS; HOT SPRINGS; OCEAN HABITATS; RARE EARTHS; SEAWATER; VENTS; YTTRIUM;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

BIOMINERALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOSSIL RECORD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MOLLUSC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAWATER; SHELL; TRACER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; YTTRIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH SEA;

BATHYMODIOLUS; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 78049319856     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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