Océan Atlantique, Océan Indien, Océan Pacifique, Antarctique.

Horizontal spatial co-ordinates; Bathymetry and Elevation; Sediment grain size parameters; Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column; Stable isotopes in sediment; Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column; Stable isotopes in water bodies

Mass spectrometers

Isotopic analyses of C, O, H, N: lavas, volatile phases of the source mantle, global CO2 flux, mechanisms of eruptions

PINEAU F et JAVOY M. (1994) Strong degassing at ridge crests: The behaviour of

dissolved carbon and water in basalt glasses at 14°N., Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 1994, 123,179-198; JAVOY M., PINEAU F. (1994) The volatiles record of a popping rock from the Mid-Atlantic ridge at 14oN: chemical and isotopic composition of gas, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 1994, 107,598-611; CARTIGNY P., JENDRZEJEWSKI N., PINEAU F., PETIT E. and JAVOY M. (2001) Volatiles (C, N, Ar) variability in MORB and the respective roles of mantle source heterogeneity and degassing: the SouthWest Indian Ridge's case., Earth and Planetary Science Letters., 2001, 194,241-257

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