Mineralogy and formation of black smoker chimneys from brothers submarine volcano, Kermadec Arc

Economic Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1613-1633

  Berkenbosch, H A ^a   De Ronde, C E J ^b   Gemmell, J B ^a   McNeill, A W ^a   Goemann, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SMOKERS; COVELLITE; FE OXIDE; FLUID MIXING; HETEROGENEOUS FLUIDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NEW ZEALAND; PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES; STEEP SLOPE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDES;

BARITE; BISMUTH; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; FLOORS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; MINERALOGY; SEAWATER; SILICATES; SUBMARINES; SULFIDE MINERALS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; VOLCANOES; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHIMNEYS;

BLACK SMOKER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DACITE; FLUID COMPOSITION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SUBMARINE VOLCANO; SULFATE; SULFIDE GROUP; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

BROTHERS ISLAND; KERMADEC ARC; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84870342841     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.107.8.1613     Document Type: Article

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