Discovery of a black smoker vent field and vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge ...
The Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR) represents one of the most slow-spreading ridge systems on Earth. Previous attempts to locate hydrothermal vent fields and unravel the nature of venting, as well as the provenance of vent fauna at this northern and insular termination of the global ridge system, hav...
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ftdatacite:10.3929/ethz-b-000028475 2024-04-28T08:08:37+00:00 Discovery of a black smoker vent field and vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge ... Pedersen, Rolf B. Rapp, Hans T. Thorseth, Ingunn H. Lilley, Marvin D. Barriga, Fernando J.A.S. Baumberger, Tamara Flesland, Kristin Fonseca, Rita Früh-Green, Gretchen L. Jorgensen, Steffen L. 2010 application/pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000028475 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/28475 en eng ETH Zurich info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode cc-by-nc-sa-3.0 article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle Journal Article 2010 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000028475 2024-04-02T12:33:25Z The Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR) represents one of the most slow-spreading ridge systems on Earth. Previous attempts to locate hydrothermal vent fields and unravel the nature of venting, as well as the provenance of vent fauna at this northern and insular termination of the global ridge system, have been unsuccessful. Here, we report the first discovery of a black smoker vent field at the AMOR. The field is located on the crest of an axial volcanic ridge (AVR) and is associated with an unusually large hydrothermal deposit, which documents that extensive venting and long-lived hydrothermal systems exist at ultraslow-spreading ridges, despite their strongly reduced volcanic activity. The vent field hosts a distinct vent fauna that differs from the fauna to the south along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The novel vent fauna seems to have developed by local specialization and by migration of fauna from cold seeps and the Pacific. ... : Nature Communications, 2010 (1) ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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The Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR) represents one of the most slow-spreading ridge systems on Earth. Previous attempts to locate hydrothermal vent fields and unravel the nature of venting, as well as the provenance of vent fauna at this northern and insular termination of the global ridge system, have been unsuccessful. Here, we report the first discovery of a black smoker vent field at the AMOR. The field is located on the crest of an axial volcanic ridge (AVR) and is associated with an unusually large hydrothermal deposit, which documents that extensive venting and long-lived hydrothermal systems exist at ultraslow-spreading ridges, despite their strongly reduced volcanic activity. The vent field hosts a distinct vent fauna that differs from the fauna to the south along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The novel vent fauna seems to have developed by local specialization and by migration of fauna from cold seeps and the Pacific. ... : Nature Communications, 2010 (1) ... |
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Pedersen, Rolf B. Rapp, Hans T. Thorseth, Ingunn H. Lilley, Marvin D. Barriga, Fernando J.A.S. Baumberger, Tamara Flesland, Kristin Fonseca, Rita Früh-Green, Gretchen L. Jorgensen, Steffen L. |
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Pedersen, Rolf B. Rapp, Hans T. Thorseth, Ingunn H. Lilley, Marvin D. Barriga, Fernando J.A.S. Baumberger, Tamara Flesland, Kristin Fonseca, Rita Früh-Green, Gretchen L. Jorgensen, Steffen L. Discovery of a black smoker vent field and vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge ... |
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Pedersen, Rolf B. Rapp, Hans T. Thorseth, Ingunn H. Lilley, Marvin D. Barriga, Fernando J.A.S. Baumberger, Tamara Flesland, Kristin Fonseca, Rita Früh-Green, Gretchen L. Jorgensen, Steffen L. |
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Discovery of a black smoker vent field and vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge ... |
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Discovery of a black smoker vent field and vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge ... |
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Discovery of a black smoker vent field and vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge ... |
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