Basin-scale transport of hydrothermal dissolved metals across the South Pacific Ocean

Nature

Volumn 523, Issue 7559, 2015, Pages 200-203

  Resing, Joseph A ^a   Sedwick, Peter N ^b   German, Christopher R ^c   Jenkins, William J ^c   Moffett, James W ^d   Sohst, Bettina M ^b   Tagliabue, Alessandro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL; SEA WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED LOAD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84925415902     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14577     Document Type: Article

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