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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... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Rainbow; Hydrothermal; Serpentinization; Atlantic ridge. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00210/32151/30609.pdf |
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