Preliminary characterisation of a shallow water hydrothermal sulphide deposit recovered by scientific divers (Aeolian islands, southern Tyrrhenian Sea)

Underwater Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Conte, Aida Maria ^a   Caramanna, Giorgio ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black smoker; Mediterranean sea; Panarea island; Scientific diving; Shallow water; Sulphide deposits; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKERS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PANAREA; SCIENTIFIC DIVING; SHALLOW WATERS; SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; VOLCANISM;

BARIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; HOT SPRINGS; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; MINERALS; SULFUR DEPOSITS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; VOLCANOES;

ZINC SULFIDE;

BLACK SMOKER; DATA SET; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LEAD; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINERALOGY; SEAFLOOR; SHALLOW WATER; SULFIDE; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM; ZINC;

ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY;

EID: 79960731986     PISSN: 17560543     EISSN: 17560551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3723/ut.29.109     Document Type: Article

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