Seafloor hydrothermal activity along mid-ocean ridge with strong melt supply: study from segment 27, southwest Indian ridge
| Autor: | Xiaoxia Lü, Jianye Ren, Chunhui Tao, Jianping Zhou, Xihe Yue, Huaiming Li, Yuan Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
geography Multidisciplinary geography.geographical_feature_category Physical oceanography Science Geology Mid-ocean ridge Magma chamber Article Hydrothermal circulation Seafloor spreading 03 medical and health sciences Geophysics 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Ridge Hotspot (geology) Medicine Melt migration Petrology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | Continuous tow investigations have shown that the present vent field inventory along fast to intermediate spreading ridges may be underestimated by at least 3–6 times, while the limited towed line investigations of venting sites along slow to ultra-slow spreading ridges make it impossible to determine their distribution. The Chinese Dayang cruise has conducted detailed towed line surveys of hydrothermal activity on segment 27 of the ultra-slow spreading southwest Indian ridge in 2015. The results have identified as many as 9 hydrothermal fields along 85-km-long segment, including one confirmed hydrothermal field, three inferred hydrothermal fields and five suspected fields. Hydrothermal activities are not only limited along-axis but also found approximately 10 km away from the axis. These vent fields are likely powered by a seismically identified axial magma chamber, including melt migration along normal faults to flank areas. The calculated hydrothermal activity frequency on segment 27 is approximately 3.6–8 times higher than that calculated from the Interridge database, suggesting that careful system exploration can reveal more hydrothermal activities even on ultra-slow spreading ridges effected by hotspot. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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