Fluid elemental and stable isotope composition of the Nibelungen hydrothermal field (8°18'S, Mid-Atlantic Ridge): Constraints on fluid-rock interaction in heterogeneous lithosphere

Chemical Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Schmidt, K ^a   Garbe Schonberg D ^b   Koschinsky, A ^a   Strauss, H ^c   Jost, C L ^d   Klevenz, V ^a   Koniger P ^e  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Hydrothermal fluids; Logatchev I; Nibelungen; Stable isotopes; Ultramafic hosted

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; LOGATCHEV I; NIBELUNGEN; STABLE ISOTOPES; ULTRAMAFIC-HOSTED;

BASALT; DEUTERIUM; DISPLAY DEVICES; EUROPIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; LEAD; OXYGEN; ROCKS; SEAWATER; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

FLUIDS;

DEUTERIUM; FLUID COMPOSITION; HOST ROCK; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SERPENTINIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 78650725201     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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