High heat flow and ocean acidification at a nascent rift in the northern Gulf of California

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Prol Ledesma, Rosa Ma ^a   Torres Vera, Marco Antonio ^b   Rodolfo Metalpa, Riccardo ^c   Ángeles, Catalina ^a   Lechuga Deveze, Carlos H ^d   Villanueva Estrada, Ruth Esther ^a   Shumilin, Evgueni ^e   Robinson, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Asociacion para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico IAP   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER; ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; BOTTOM WATER; GAS EXCHANGE; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; OCEANIC CRUST; RADON ISOTOPE; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC SETTING;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; GULF STREAM; HEAT; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PH; RIVER BASIN; SEA; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; GAS;

CONSAG BASIN; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; WAGNER BASIN;

ACIDS; CALIFORNIA; GASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEAWATER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879153147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2390     Document Type: Article

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