Two-cells phase separation in shallow submarine hydrothermal system at Milos Island, Greece: Boron isotopic evidence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Wu, Shein Fu ^a,b   You, Chen Feng ^a,b   Wang, Bo Shian ^a,b   Valsami Jones, Eugenia ^c   Baltatzis, Emmanuel ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CAVES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; FLUIDS; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; HEATING; HOT SPRINGS; ISOTOPES; PHASE SEPARATION; SEAWATER; SODIUM; SUBMARINES; VAPORS;

AEGEAN SEA; BRINE FLUIDS; CHLORINITY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SALINE FLUIDS; SEAWATER MIXING; SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; SUBMERGED SYSTEMS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BORON ISOTOPE; BRINE; CAVE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGNESIUM; PARTITIONING; RESERVOIR; SEAWATER; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

AEGEAN SEA; CYCLADAS; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MILOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 79955578836     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047409     Document Type: Article

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