A new Fe/Mn geothermometer for hydrothermal systems: Implications for high-salinity fluids at 13°N on the East Pacific Rise

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 7881-7892

  Pester, Nicholas J ^a   Rough, Mikaella ^a   Ding, Kang ^a   Seyfried Jr , William E ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON; MANGANESE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEPARATION; SILICA;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 81355160184     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.043     Document Type: Article

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