The role of black smokers in the Cu mass balance of the oceanic crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 215-226

  Hannington, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal vents; Massive sulfides; Metal fluxes; Sedimentation; Subduction

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL CONVECTION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS; MASSIVE SULFIDES; METAL FLUXES; SEAFLOOR HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; SEAFLOOR MASSIVE SULFIDES; SUBDUCTION;

BUDGET CONTROL; DEPOSITION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; HOT SPRINGS; METALS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

PLATE METAL;

BLACK SMOKER; COPPER; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASS BALANCE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; NAZCA PLATE; OCEANIC CRUST; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 84880620463     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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