Alteration at the ultramafic-hosted Logatchev hydrothermal field: Constraints from trace element and Sr-O isotope data

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Augustin, N ^a   Paulick, H ^b,c   Lackschewitz, K S ^a   Eisenhauer, A ^a   Garbe Schonberg D ^d   Kuhn, T ^a,e   Botz, R ^d   Schmidt, M ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Boliden Mineral AB ^*  (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal alteration; Logatchev hydrothermal field; Oxygen isotopes; REE HFSE; Serpentinites; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; LOGATCHEV HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; REE HFSE; SERPENTINITES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

BLACK SMOKER; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GABBRO; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIZARDITE; METASOMATISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LOGACHEV HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84858953548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003903     Document Type: Article

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