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| Lartaud, Franck; Little, Crispin T. S.; De Rafelis, Marc; Bayon, Germain; Dyment, Jerome; Ildefonse, Benoit; Gressier, Vincent; Fouquet, Yves; Gaill, Francoise; Le Bris, Nadine. |
| Among the deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites discovered in the past 30 years, Lost City on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is remarkable both for its alkaline fluids derived from mantle rock serpentinization and the spectacular seafloor carbonate chimneys precipitated from these fluids. Despite high concentrations of reduced chemicals in the fluids, this unique example of a serpentinite-hosted hydrothermal system currently lacks chemosynthetic assemblages dominated by large animals typical of high-temperature vent sites. Here we report abundant specimens of chemosymbiotic mussels, associated with gastropods and chemosymbiotic clams, in approximately 100 kyr old Lost City-like carbonates from the MAR close to the Rainbow site (36 degrees N). Our finding shows... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Bathymodiolus; Ghost City; Ultramafic-hosted; Mid-ocean ridge; Ecogeochemistry. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00036/14748/15832.pdf |
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