Subseafloor phase equilibria in high-temperature hydrothermal fluids of the Lucky Strike Seamount (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 37°17'N)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 90, Issue , 2012, Pages 303-322

  Pester, Nicholas J ^a   Reeves, Eoghan P ^b,c   Rough, Mikaella E ^a   Ding, Kang ^a   Seewald, Jeffrey S ^b   Seyfried, William E ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID COMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MAGMA CHAMBER; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SEAFLOOR; SEAMOUNT; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LUCKY STRIKE FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84862769143     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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