Origin of native sulfur ball from the Kueishantao hydrothermal field offshore northeast Taiwan: Evidence from trace and rare earth element composition

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 661-671

  Zeng, Zhigang ^a   Chen, Chen Tung A ^c   Yin, Xuebo ^a   Zhang, Xueying ^a   Wang, Xiaoyuan ^a   Zhang, Guoliang ^a,b   Wang, Xiaomei ^a,b   Chen, Daigeng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Kueishantao hydrothermal field; Native sulfur ball; Northeast Taiwan; Rare earth elements; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78650578709     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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