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| Sauter, Daniel; Cannat, Mathilde; Roumejon, Stephane; Andreani, Muriel; Birot, Dominique; Bronner, Adrien; Brunelli, Daniele; Carlut, Julie; Delacour, Adelie; Guyader, Vivien; Macleod, Christopher J.; Manatschal, Gianreto; Mendel, Veronique; Menez, Benedicte; Pasini, Valerio; Ruellan, Etienne; Searle, Roger. |
| The global mid-ocean ridge system, where tectonic plates diverge, is traditionally thought of as the largest single volcanic feature on the Earth. Yet, wide expanses of smooth sea floor in the easternmost part of the Southwest Indian Ridge in the Indian Ocean lacks the hummocky morphology that is typical for submarine volcanism. At other slow-spreading ridges, the sea floor can extend by faulting the existing lithosphere, along only one side of the ridge axis. However, the smooth sea floor in the easternmost Southwest Indian Ridge also lacks the corrugated texture created by such faulting. Instead, the sea floor is smooth on both sides of the ridge axis and is thought to be composed of altered mantle-derived rocks. Here we use side-scan sonar to image the... |
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| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00136/24771/22950.pdf |
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| Andreani, Muriel; Escartin, Javier; Delacour, Adelie; Ildefonse, Benoit; Godard, Marguerite; Dyment, Jerome; Fallick, Anthony E.; Fouquet, Yves. |
| Rainbow is a dome-shaped massif at the 36°14′N nontransform offset along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It hosts three ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal sites: Rainbow is active and high temperature; Clamstone and Ghost City are fossil and low temperature. The MoMARDREAM cruises (2007, 2008) presented here provided extensive rock sampling throughout the massif that constrains the geological setting of hydrothermal activity. The lithology is heterogeneous with abundant serpentinites surrounding gabbros, troctolites, chromitites, plagiogranites, and basalts. We propose that a W dipping detachment fault, now inactive, uplifted the massif and exhumed these deep-seated rocks. Present-day deformation is accommodated by SSW-NNE faults and fissures, consistent with oblique... |
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Palavras-chave: Rainbow; Hydrothermal; Serpentinization; Atlantic ridge. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00210/32151/30609.pdf |
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| Boulart, Cedric; Chavagnac, Valerie; Monnin, Christophe; Delacour, Adelie; Ceuleneer, Georges; Hoareau, Guilhem. |
| Serpentinisation of mantle rocks, leading to natural venting of hydrogen and methane, has been reported to occur at the global scale, wherever fluids percolate in ultramafic formations. Here we compare gas composition from two on-land, low-temperature, and hyper-alkaline springs hosted on ultramafic rocks in the ophiolite massifs of the Sultanate of Oman and the Ligurian Alps (Voltri Group, Genoa region, Northern Italy). These two settings exhibit similar chemical and mineralogical features but show diverse styles of gas venting. Commonly to all hyper-alkaline springs, gases are characterised by relatively high N-2, very low O-2 and CO2 concentrations, and a strong enrichment in H-2 and CH4. The comparison between Oman and Liguria highlights a high... |
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Palavras-chave: Methane; Hydrogen; Gas composition; Hyper-alkaline springs. Oman; Voltri Massif. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00175/28634/27059.pdf |
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