Chemosynthetic origin of 14C-depleted dissolved organic matter in a ridge-flank hydrothermal system

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-36

  McCarthy, Matthew D ^a   Beaupré, Steven R ^b   Walker, Brett D ^a   Voparil, Ian ^c   Guilderson, Thomas P ^a,d   Druffel, Ellen R M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DEEP SEA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUID FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; INORGANIC CARBON; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OCEANIC CRUST; POROUS MEDIUM;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78650553123     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1015     Document Type: Article

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