Geochemical and Visual Indicators of Hydrothermal Fluid Flow through a Sediment-Hosted Volcanic Ridge in the Central Bransfield Basin (Antarctica)

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Aquilina, Alfred, Connelly, Douglas P., Copley, Jon T., Green, Darryl R. H., Hawkes, Jeffrey A., Hepburn, Laura E., Huvenne, Veerle A. I., Marsh, Leigh, Mills, Rachel A., Tyler, Paul A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2013
• Subjects: Research Article; Austral; Bransfield Strait; Hook Ridge; Three Sisters; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554642; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23359806; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054686

In the austral summer of 2011 we undertook an investigation of three volcanic highs in the Central Bransfield Basin, Antarctica, in search of hydrothermal activity and associated fauna to assess changes since previous surveys and to evaluate the extent of hydrothermalism in this basin. At Hook Ridge...