Formation of Zn- and Fe-sulfides near hydrothermal vents at the Eastern Lau Spreading Center: implications for sulfide bioavailability to chemoautotrophs

Heileen Hsu-Kim¹ , Katherine M Mullaugh² , Jeffrey J Tsang² , Mustafa Yucel² and George W Luther III²

¹Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708, USA

²College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes, DE 19958, USA