Sulfide geochronology along the Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2084-2099

  Jamieson, John W ^a   Hannington, Mark D ^a   Clague, David A ^b   Kelley, Deborah S ^c   Delaney, John R ^c   Holden, James F ^d   Tivey, Margaret K ^e   Kimpe, Linda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

endeavour; geochronology; hydrothermal; sulphide

Indexed keywords

BARITE; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ENDEAVOUR; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; NORTH-EASTERN PACIFIC; SULFIDE GEOCHRONOLOGY; SULPHIDE; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS;

LANDFORMS;

AGE DETERMINATION; FAULT SCARP; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRABEN; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; SULFIDE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84883581755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20133     Document Type: Article

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