Geochemical characterization of tubular alteration features in subseafloor basalt glass

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-250

  Knowles, Emily ^a   Staudigel, Hubert ^b   Templeton, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Element map; FIB; Subseafloor; Synchrotron; Tubular alteration; XANES

Indexed keywords

CO-ORDINATION CHEMISTRIES; FIB; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; SUB-SEAFLOOR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES; TUBULAR ALTERATIONS; XANES;

BASALT; COORDINATION REACTIONS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; MANGANESE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; SILICATES; SYNCHROTRONS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

CLAY ALTERATION;

BASALT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; LABORATORY METHOD; MAPPING; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SEAFLOOR; SECONDARY MINERAL; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84880643652     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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