First active hydrothermal vents on an ultraslow-spreading center: Southwest Indian Ridge

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-50

  Tao, Chunhui ^a   Lin, Jian ^b   Guo, Shiqin ^c   Chen, Yongshun John ^d   Wu, Guanghai ^a   Han, Xiqiu ^a   German, Christopher R ^b   Yoerger, Dana R ^b   Zhou, Ning ^c   Li, Huaiming ^a   Su, Xin ^e   Zhu, Jian ^d  

^a Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c China Ocean Mineral Resources R and D Association   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL PERMEABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; INDIAN OCEAN; MAGMATISMS; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MID-OCEAN-RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE; THREE ZONES;

ANIMALS; HOT SPRINGS; VENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PERMEABILITY; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 84855429662     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32389.1     Document Type: Article

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