High Production and Fluxes of H2 and CH4 and Evidence of Abiotic Hydrocarbon Synthesis by Serpentinization in Ultramafic-Hosted Hydrothermal Systems on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 265-296

  Charlou, Jean Luc ^a   Donval, Jean Pierre ^a   Konn, Cécile ^a   Ondréas, Héléne ^a   Fouquet, Yves ^a   Jean Baptiste, Philippe ^b   Fourré, Elise ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical oceanography; Fischer Tropsch; Hydrogen; Hydrothermal deposits; Hydrothermal vents; Hydrothermalfluid; Methane; Sea floor spreading; Serpentinization; Ultramafic

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BUDGET CONTROL; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORE DEPOSITS; PHASE SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; FISCHER TROPSCH; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYDROTHERMALFLUID; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SERPENTINIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84952920189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000752     Document Type: Chapter

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