Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: German, C., Reeves, E., Turke, A., Diehl, A., Albers, E., Bach, W., Purser, A., Ramalho, S., Suman, S., Mertens, C., Walter, M., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Schlindwein, V., Bunz, S., Boetius, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gakkel Ridge
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-76D0-4; http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-76D2-2

The Aurora hydrothermal field (Arctic Ocean) is hosted in volcanic rocks but also shows evidence of mantle rock influence in the shallow sub-surface. Our discovery is pertinent to disciplines from marine mining to the search for life beyond Earth. The Aurora hydrothermal system, Arctic Ocean, hosts...