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| Radford Knoery, Joel; German, C; Charlou, Jean-luc; Donval, Jean-pierre; Fouquet, Yves. |
| Through the deep ocean, hydrothermal plumes disperse high concentrations of key chemical tracers including He-3, CH4, Mn, Fe, H2S, etc. This paper focuses on the distribution and behavior of total dissolved sulfide (sulfide hereafter) in hydrothermal plumes to show that its plume concentration decreases to subnanomolar a few kilometers from the vents. We also report on sulfide removal rates determined at in situ conditions; we observe that they are two orders of magnitude greater than for open ocean seawater, consistent with sulfide being detected only in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents. From our observations, we infer that the sole presence of sulfide in hydrothermal plumes locates active venting at the kilometer scale. |
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Palavras-chave: Chemical oceanography; Mid ocean ridges; Metals; Helium isotopes; Methane; Tracers; Hydrogen sulphide; Plumes; Hydrothermal activity. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-688.pdf |
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| Jean Baptiste, P; Fourre, E; Dapoigny, A; Charlou, Jean-luc; Donval, Jean-pierre. |
| As part of a multidisciplinary project aimed at studying mid-ocean ridge processes near the Azores, fifty water column profiles were analyzed for He-3/He-4 ratios in dissolved helium (a well-known hydrothermal tracer) from 36 degrees N to 40 degrees N along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) and over the Azores Plateau. As expected, large delta(3) He anomalies could be observed over the Rainbow, Lucky Strike, and Menez Gwen hydrothermal sites. The main finding of the present study is the discovery of a large hydrothermal 3 He plume north of the Acor Fracture Zone (north AFZ site), with a CH4/He-3 ratio indicative of a basaltic-hosted hydrothermal system. Clear He-3 and CH4 anomalies, likely corresponding to unknown venting sites too, were also detected in the... |
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Palavras-chave: Hydrothermal processes; Helium 3; Mid ocean ridges. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3876.pdf |
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| Geli, Louis; Lee, T; Cochran, J; Francheteau, J; Abbott, D; Labails, Cinthia; Appriou, D. |
| We analyze available heat flow data from the flanks of the Southeast Indian Ridge adjacent to or within the Australian-Antarctic Discordance (AAD), an area with patchy sediment cover and highly fractured seafloor as dissected by ridge- and fracture-parallel faults. The data set includes 23 new data points collected along a 14-Ma old isochron and 19 existing measurements from the 20- to 24-Ma old crust. Most sites of measurements exhibit low heat flux (from 2 to 50 mW m(-2)) with near-linear temperature-depth profiles except at a few sites, where recent bottom water temperature change may have caused nonlinearity toward the sediment surface. Because the igneous basement is expected to outcrop a short distance away from any measurement site, we hypothesize... |
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Palavras-chave: Mid ocean ridges; Heat flow; Marine geophysics. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3878.pdf |
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| Briais, Anne; Ondreas, Helene; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Dosso, Laure; Hamelin, Cedric; Guillou, Herve. |
| Non-hot spot, intraplate volcanism is a common feature near the East Pacific Rise or Pacific-Antarctic ridge. Volcanic ridges and seamount chains, tens to hundreds of kilometers long, are asymmetrically distributed about the ridge axis, with most volcanic features occurring on the Pacific plate. Their origins remain controversial. We have analyzed off-axis volcanic ridges near the Pacific-Antarctic ridge from bathymetry, backscatter, gravity, and geochemistry data of the Pacantarctic 2 cruise. K/Ar dating of samples dredged on these structures reveals a contrast of up to 3 Ma between the volcanoes and the underlying crust. The volcanic activity, as suggested by the strong backscatter in sonar images, appears to be limited to areas of seafloor younger than... |
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Palavras-chave: Mid ocean ridges; Off axis volcanism; Mantle convection; Plate kinematics; Transform fault. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11106/7968.pdf |
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