Hydrothermal sulfide accumulation along the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 395, Issue , 2014, Pages 136-148

  Jamieson, J W ^a,b   Clague, D A ^c   Hannington, M D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater vehicle; Endeavour; Hydrothermal; Mass accumulation rates; Seafloor massive sulfides

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; DEPOSITS; ORE DEPOSITS; SULFUR DEPOSITS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ENDEAVOUR; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; SEAFLOOR MASSIVE SULFIDES; TECTONIC FEATURES; VOLUME CALCULATION;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE DEPOSIT; SEAFLOOR; SULFATE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; MAIN ENDEAVOUR FIELD; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84897934015     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.035     Document Type: Article

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