Sulfide Oxidation across Diffuse Flow Zones of Hydrothermal Vents

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 583-601

  Gartman, Amy ^a   Yücel, Mustafa ^a,f   Madison, Andrew S ^a   Chu, David W ^a   Ma, Shufen ^a,e   Janzen, Christopher P ^b   Becker, Erin L ^c   Beinart, Roxanne A ^d   Girguis, Peter R ^d   Luther III, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur Mer   (France)

Author keywords

Diffuse flow; Hydrothermal vents; In situ chemistry; Kinetics; Lau Basin; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; SULFIDE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THIOSULFATE;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 80052264927     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-011-9136-1     Document Type: Article

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