Discovery of new hydrothermal vent sites in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Klinkhammer, G. P., Chin, C., Keller, R.A., Dählmann, A., Sahling, Heiko, Sarthou, G., Petersen, Sven, Smith, F., Wilson, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2001
• Subjects: Bransfield Strait; Central Basin; Hook Ridge; Three Sisters; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/1331/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/1331/1/1-s2.0-S0012821X01005362-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00536-2

We carried out a search for hydrothermal vents in the Central Basin of Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. The ZAPS (zero angle photon spectrometer) chemical sensor and instrument package (Oregon State University), OFOS (ocean-floor observation system) camera sled and TVG (TV-grab) (GEOMAR) were used to...