Stable isotopes in seafloor hydrothermal systems: Vent fluids, hydrothermal deposits, hydrothermal alteration, and microbial processes

Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue , 2019, Pages 469-525

  Shanks, W C ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

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HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; MICROBIAL PROCESS; SEAFLOOR HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CLAY ALTERATION;

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