Phase equilibria controls on the chemistry of vent fluids from hydrothermal systems on slow spreading ridges: Reactivity of plagioclase and olivine solid solutions and the pH-silica connection

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 188, Issue , 2010, Pages 297-320

  Seyfried, W E ^a   Pester, Nicholas ^a   Fu, Qi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1029/2009GM000854     Document Type: Article

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