An internally consistent, probabilistic, determination of ridge-axis hydrothermal fluxes from basalt-hosted systems

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 323-324, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-101

  Coogan, Laurence A ^a   Dosso, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mid ocean ridge; Ocean chemistry; Ridge axis hydrothermal fluxes

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INVERSION; CHEMICAL FLUX; DATA TYPE; FLUID FLUXES; GLOBAL DATA; GLOBAL GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; HEAT OF CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUXES; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPE RATIO; MASS RATIO; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MINERAL COMPONENT; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; SHEETED DIKE COMPLEX;

BASALT; HOT SPRINGS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; LEVEES; SEAWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BASALT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

EID: 84857467687     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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