Chemical Fluxes from Hydrothermal Alteration of the Oceanic Crust

Treatise on Geochemistry: Second Edition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 583-606

  Staudigel, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered ocean crust composition; Hydrothermal fluxes; Hydrothermal processes; Low temperature alteration; Seafloor weathering; Seafloor weathering fluxes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CLAY ALTERATION; ECOLOGY; HOT SPRINGS; SEAWATER; SMOKE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

HYDROTHERMAL FLUXES; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; LOW TEMPERATURE ALTERATION; OCEAN CRUST; SEA FLOOR;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84903801340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.00318-1     Document Type: Chapter

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