The Role of Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems in the Evolution of Seawater Composition During the Phanerozoic

Magma to Microbe: Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Oceanic Spreading Centers

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 275-283

  Kump, Lee R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal circulation (Oceanography) Mathematical models; Hydrothermal vents Microbiology; Mid ocean ridges; Sea floor spreading; Seawater Thermodynamics Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; HOT SPRINGS; MINERALOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES; VOLCANOES;

FLUID INCLUSION DATA; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SEAFLOOR HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEAWATER COMPOSITIONS;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84952938286     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/178GM14     Document Type: Chapter

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