The remarkable longevity of submarine plumes: Implications for the hydrothermal input of iron to the deep-ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 382, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-76

  Carazzo, G ^a,b   Jellinek, A M ^b   Turchyn, A V ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusive convection; Hydrothermal plume; Iron; Layering; Mid ocean ridge

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE DISSOLUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; HYDROTHERMAL DISCHARGE; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; LAYERING; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; THEORETICAL MODELING;

DISSOLUTION; HOT SPRINGS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

IRON;

DEEP SEA; DISSOLUTION; EMPLACEMENT; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON; LONGEVITY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE FAN; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84884707464     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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