Sustained volcanically-hosted venting at ultraslow ridges: Piccard Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Cayman Rise

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 380, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-168

  Kinsey, James C ^a   German, Christopher R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal venting; Mid Cayman Rise; Mid ocean ridges; Mineral deposition; Ultraslow spreading

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL VENTING; MID-CAYMAN RISE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MINERAL DEPOSITIONS; ULTRA-SLOW SPREADING;

DEPOSITION; MINERAL RESOURCES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC SETTING; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84884224103     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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